Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...landlords would win rent increases under the formula and how many tenants would pay bigger rent bills? It was too early to tell, said Woods. It would be several weeks before the first requests for rent hikes could be run through the mill. But one thing, said Woods, was clear: "Both landlords and tenants will be happier...
...defense counsel in Manhattan's federal courthouse, the trial of the nation's eleven top Communists began to take shape. Last week, an exchange between Judge Harold Medina and Party Boss Eugene Dennis, who is defending himself, threw the fundamental issue of the case into sharp, clear focus...
Lorelei Song. The Big Four had agreed to meet in Paris May 23 to consider "questions relating to Germany and the problems arising out of the situation in Berlin, including also questions of currency in Berlin." What lay behind this bland clause was clear. Russia wanted control of Germany. Having failed to get it through the Berlin blockade, Russia would try again, with different tactics, at the Paris conference...
...qualities saved Villon's new work from being classed as "second-period cubism," i.e., art that derives from the early days of Braque and Picasso but dilutes their experiments into decorative and fairly understandable patterns-something for the living room. The first quality was the clear cold space in Villon's landscapes: deserting table-top still lifes, he had found a little of the space and sweep of the out-of-doors. The second quality was in his colors. As a reaction against the sunny hues of impressionism, the cubists had often painted with what looked like birdlime...
...clear, but there was a surprise left for Fred Boysen. Police stepped up and arrested him on a charge of theft. A Negro nurse had seen his picture in the papers, thought he looked like one of the men who had swiped her purse...