Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soon as the prosecutor sat down: the Government had presented such a strong prima facie case that he would hear only limited argument on defense motions. He added that an hour would probably be ample. The five defense attorneys scrambled to their feet and went into an outraged act which would have done credit to a pond full of Donald Ducks. They danced, shouted and demanded a week's time to prepare briefs. One attorney made 13 separate motions. Defendant Eugene Dennis (who is acting as his own attorney) railed against the court's "outrageous and arbitrary ruling...
...executive board: John L. Lewis, who had marched his United Mine Workers out of the A.F.L. twice, wanted to march them back in again. But his price was still the same as when he "disaffiliated" last time: the A.F.L. should, like him, refuse to comply with the Taft-Hartley Act. The A.F.L. board said no, thanks...
...Members of Parliament who act as unpaid wheelhorses for cabinet ministers and junior ministers. One of their chief duties is to answer members' inquiries at question time, which means that they frequently know more about ministry affairs than the ministers themselves. A post as P.P.S. is usually considered the first step toward ministerial rank...
Last week Franco had hoped to announce that the U.N. had lifted its diplomatic sanctions against Spain, that the West was extending a friendly hand. Twice Franco had postponed the opening, and rewritten his speech, waiting for U.N. to act. When U.N. voted to leave the anti-Franco resolution on the books (TIME, May 23), Franco's holiday wine turned to vinegar...
Saloon Trade. Gump's got its Oriental flavor by an act of God. The store was founded during the Civil War by Solomon Gump, son of a Heidelberg linen merchant, who found gaudy, gold-crazy San Francisco too exciting to leave. He began making mirrors for saloons, and thanks to frequent gunplay, got plenty of profitable repeat business. He branched out and began furnishing the homes of California's new millionaires with Victorian-era "art treasures" from Europe...