Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boorish and heartless exhibitions of snobbery, Captain Donald F. Smith's conduct in connection with "Miss Quonset Point" [TIME, May 2] ranks among the more nauseous of modern times. Courtesy to a "sweep-woman" could not possibly have besmirched his dignity as his act has besmirched the Navy...
...Anyone Deny? Increased taxes, Douglas said emphatically, were not the answer; a tax boost now, when the nation was in a mild slump, might be just the kind of shock that would put the present economy flat on its back. "It is very foolish for us to act on the basis of conditions of five or six months ago," said Douglas...
...Harry Truman was willing enough to purge some Congressmen if he could. He had failed in his all-out attempt to repeal the Taft-Hartley act because too many Democrats had voted against it. His legislative leaders were dejectedly advising compromise. Labor leaders came in to commiserate and to counsel...
...Harvard Radio Network enters the producing ring tonight with a performance of the second act of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in Italian...
...class is selecting an investigating committee which will also act as a tentative staff for the yearbook. This committee will probe the cost of the yearbook and find out how much financial support the class can obtain from the College...