Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supported Al Smith, he went under in the Hoover landslide. But two years later he was back. He worked hard, carried the tax ball for the Ways & Means Committee, became known and famed as a fiscal expert. In 1937, after the Supreme Court had thrown out the Guffey Coal Act, Vinson studied the decision, wrote a new bill, made it stand...
Later Gandhi, who for years has been playing political puss in the corner, startled newsmen by announcing that he would not attend the conference. He explained that he would act as adviser but, since he was not a four-anna-party member, he would not be a delegate. Four annas a year (about 8?) are the dues paid by rank-&-file Congress party members. Gandhi, the Congress party's spiritual adviser, resigned from the Congress party...
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin (NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 2 sides)«. An authoritative job which should discourage lesser conductors from trying. Performance and recording: excellent...
...vote on a substitute bill to do virtually the same thing-i.e., make Pan Am the chosen instrument by barring domestic lines from international routes. It was expected that that bill would also be defeated. But if there is any more delay, most airmen expect the President to act. It would be high time...
...where they never existed before. Installation of proper medical equipment in the 1,200 counties without public health services would doubtless induce many of the 80,000 doctors and dentists returning from the war to settle in the sticks. The Surplus Property Board is sympathetic but has yet to act on the plan. At the moment, there are no surplus medical supplies and will not be until the Japs call it quits...