Word: choses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the state controlling the city's borrowing authority as well as its taxing authority, Impellitteri had to choose between 1) uncomfortable economies, and 2) the Dewey plan. Weighing the political liabilities of both courses, he chose the Dewey plan: his $1,528,812,795 budget for 1953-54, presented last week, provides for a transit authority. After all, if the transit authority raises the subway fare, Impellitteri can put the blame on Dewey...
Education: B.A. 1925, Uppsala University (literature, French, practical philosophy, economics). His doctorate thesis-Distribution of Economic Market Trends-at Stockholm University (1933) was abstruse, brilliant, and prefaced with a quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: " 'That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,' the Duchess replied in a pleased tone." Diligently learned English. French and German, and displayed his talents last week in a trilingual press conference. At college, friends tagged him "the perfect civil servant...
Possibly, observed one West German critic sarcastically, the artists had just that in mind when they chose the colors for their paintings: "Many artists showed a preference for dark, unclear, almost dirty colors, for brown, earthlike tints, for lackluster, washed-out blues, greys, and for black...
...discussion replaces a forum planned previously to debate "Communism in Hollywood." Howard Fast, American novelist, was scheduled to appear, but the forum committee unexpectedly cancelled his appearance and chose a new topic for discussion...
...President Roosevelt chose Forrestal as his administrative assistant. Forrestal later became Undersecretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of Defense when that post was authorized under the National Security...