Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Army brass tried to block them, but Yamashita's lawyers wangled an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. A majority of the high justices in Washington, without passing on the fairness of Yamashita's trial, refused to accept jurisdiction. They declared it was a matter for MacArthur to review. SCAP's chief promptly hailed Yamashita's conviction as "beyond challenge," and sentence was executed...
...Sonny) McDonough. With a history of ward leadership and prominence in the State Democratic party, McDonough conducts a vigorous, personal campaign, often spending whole days shaking hands with everyone he meets on the street; his goal is 85,000 handshakes before election day. Behind him, McDonough has a large block of South Boston votes plus the backing of a number of CIO unions. Though he would like to match the vote that Hynes hopes for, McDonough's unfamiliarity with the voters in large areas of the city will probably keep him from getting much more than 40,000 votes...
...WILLIAM E. BLOCK...
Meier & Frank, a 14-story, block-square department store in Portland, Ore., is the biggest in the Pacific Northwest. It is also easily the biggest advertiser (10% of the linage) in Portland's two daily newspapers, the morning Oregonian (circ. 213,135) and the evening Oregon Journal (circ...
Fortnight ago, Sir Laurence Olivier's production of the play, starring his wife Vivien Leigh, opened in the West End and was greeted by all-night queues a block long. The critics sang the praises of Actress Leigh and Director Olivier, but gave Williams' script a mixed chorus of grudging praise and abuse. Samples: "I feel as if I had crawled through a garbage heap" . . . "Blatant, crude...