Word: branch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President is as determined as anyone to keep the budget balanced. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, dressed in dove's clothing and holding out an olive branch to the National Association of Manufacturers (see BUSINESS), nevertheless hinted that corporation taxes, if not taxes on big personal incomes, would have...
Bricker suggested that a commission be formed, similar to the Hoover group now studying the executive branch of the government, to investigate the divisions of power between the levels of government. Gaus commented that the proposal was "all right," but that it "wouldn't do too much good...
Fearful of reprisals from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the doctors squawked only to each other, shunned public protest. But the Legion pulled no punches. "Rash injustice and discrimination," said William V. G. Neish, president of the Quebec command. The Quebec City branch protested against "the manner in which an R.C.A.M.C. war veteran was set aside to place a French refugee." "Under what circumstances," it asked, "was he granted a special license...
...textbook he was revising; to a newspaper chain, which wanted to run Billion-Dollar Hangover (TIME, April 5) on its editorial pages; to a University of Kansas sociology professor who wanted to use the Jackie Robinson cover story (TIME, Sept. 22, 1947) for classroom discussion; to the Military Training branch of the New York Port of Embarkation, which wanted to use various stories for its troop information programs...
Notable among the exceptions to the general crush, was the U-Drive-It Co. Contacted last night, the Cambridge branch office said that there were still quite a few cars available for rental...