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"It Is Wrong." In his note of resignation, Bevan had disagreed with the Prime Minister on much broader issues than false teeth and eyeglasses. Wrote Bevan: "In previous conversations ... I have explained my objections to many features of the budget ... It fails to apportion fairly the burdens of expenditure as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Beginning of the End? | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

Master Plan. In Hollywood, heptagamous David Hardy (seven wives, 0 divorces) proposed to plead guilty, join the Army, take out a $10,000 life-insurance policy, let the judge collect the proceeds if Hardy was killed and apportion it among his wives.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 16, 1945 | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

Why get headaches and insomnia about what to do with the German Army after the war is over? Just apportion it out among the various countries which have enjoyed its protecting influence, in direct proportion to the number of inhabitants of the several countries which Germany has used to aid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 11, 1943 | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

The inter-House group, composed of the seven House Committee chairmen, was inaugurated last fall to apportion dates for the House dances, and to prevent conflicts. The success of the Committee in this direction has been very mild. Four possible conflicts, it is true, have been averted on the Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MYTHICAL SEVEN | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

The Wages & Hours Bill has had hard sledding. Introduced in both Houses in the thick of the Court fight last spring, it got through the Senate in July. In the Senate, the bill found stern opposition from Republicans like Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg, who considered it a step on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Wages & Hours | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

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