Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made it clear that he would veto any bill that cut taxes at the expense of sound economy or that failed to reduce the national debt. "When a man is earning good wages ... he is wise if he uses his excess income to pay off his debts. He would be shortsighted if he cut his income just because he was not spending it all at the moment...
...impact on the world was not yet enough to answer Congressional criticisms. Nevertheless, Bill Benton and State hoped that Congress would recall a forgotten warning by ex-Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes...
...backfired badly. Bandits dug up bodies, reburied them until sure of being paid, and sometimes claimed reward money for remains which were not those of U.S. soldiers. Most graves were found through the patient questioning of local natives. One body was traced through the discovery of a short-snorter bill, another after quizzing a woman who wore an identification disk as an ornament, several through coolies who were found wearing shirts of parachute nylon...
...Bill Mauldin's sardonic, unshaven Willie once summed up his attitude to the reckless flood of U.S. decorations in World War II. Said Willie: "Just gimme a coupla aspirin. I already got a Purple Heart...
...House bill as approved by the Labor Committee would outlaw the closed shop but permit the union shop, prohibit certain industry-wide bargaining, provide for court injunctions to block serious strikes, abolish the National Labor Relations Board and the U. S. Conciliation Service and replace them with other bodies...