Word: calls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...could tell from the dutiful applause that he had lost. In obedience to John Lewis' orders, some Democrats from Lewis' coal-mining districts slid over to the Republican side; Sam's proposition went down by a 211-to-183 vote. Then the House took a roll-call vote on the Wood bill. The coalition measure won its preliminary test...
...recent election, Local 600's President Tommy Thompson, lukewarm friend of Reuther, had been forced to ride the issue even harder. When Local 600 voted 30,000 to 4,000 to call the strike, Reuther's international board at first stalled on authorizing the strike...
...constitution repeatedly calls for the unity of all Germany. The drafters call it not a constitution but a "basic law"; it may be superseded by any permanent all-German "constitution adopted in a free decision by the German people...
...heavy rains recently washed out the telephone line that linked his house to the outside world, the poet breathed a sigh of relief. One day last week, when her 86-year-old husband felt suddenly ill, Countess Maeterlinck had to run to neighbors to phone for a doctor. The call was too late...
Forth goes the call to the mercantile adventurers...