Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republican-run state legislature were, in the words of Brooklyn Democrat Joseph T. Sharkey, "robbing us." The point: New York City contributes roughly 50% of the state budget, gets back only 38% of state expenditures on services. But one lone Republican, standing against a house divided, threw in an argument that stung the most ardent secessionists. Said Stanley M. Isaacs, onetime Theodore Roosevelt Bull Mooser, the only councilman to vote no to secession: "Remember that more than one-half of the prisoners in state institutions come from New York City . . . What would you do with all the criminals...
...legal preliminaries to get a tangible remembrance from the estimated $100 million-plus estate of Philanthropist Vincent Astor, portly half brother John Jacob Astor III, ignored in Vincent's will (TIME, Feb. 16), informally entered a surprise argument. Its gist: thrice-married Playboy J.J. needs the money. Turning his coffers inside out just before sailing for England, J.J., doubtless aware that the bulk of Vincent's money is earmarked to "alleviate human misery," complained that he is down to his last...
...refusal to show up at two scheduled press conferences; then she irritated photographers by rarely appearing in public without a newspaper or purse to hide her pretty face. In answer, the papers served up juicy stories of a roaring party in Melbourne, Ava's bitter argument over her hotel room: it was newly decorated, but she insisted that it be done again with expensive English wallpaper. So sore was the Melbourne Truth (circ. 120.000) that it printed a shot of Ava emerging from the surf bedraggled and clutching at her bikini. Headlined the Truth...
...Broadway-Hale's using its monopolistic buying power. The defendants did not deny the boycott, but claimed that the public could still buy the same goods at many other San Francisco stores. The District Court thereupon concluded that the suit was a "purely private quarrel." Flatly rejecting the argument, the Supreme Court said the conspiracy against Klor's was a full-fledged illegal restraint of trade. "As such, it is not to be tolerated merely because the victim is just one merchant whose business is so small that his destruction makes little difference to the economy. Monopoly...
Despite the small number of fans, both teams had spirited heckling sections. In fact, Harvard's vocal support caused the Brandeis coach to finish an argument with the umpire by yelling roughly "Oh shut up" at the varsity bench