Word: closed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...again (see The Congress) and he still had four tough years ahead in the White House. But at 65, the President seemed to be in better shape than when he took office four years ago. "The President," proclaimed the White House physician, Brigadier General Wallace Graham, "is as close to being an iron man as anyone I know...
...least have a chance to frame a new law. They pointed out that passage of the Wood bill would be a complete surrender to the Republican minority. Some Southerners listened. Next day, ten who had voted for the Wood bill somersaulted and voted against it. It was breathtakingly close. Down went the Wood bill by a hairline vote...
...Washington cronies who knew Ed as Fred Vinson's righthand man in the Office of Economic Stabilization-and as a social lion, a self-appointed oracle and a Source Close to the White House-raised their eyebrows. Prichard would not talk about the case; he said only that he was innocent and wanted a speedy trial...
...freshman track team is in for another very close meet this afternoon when it travels north to take on Andover. "We'll have to clean up on the flat to beat 'em," freshman Coach Carl Olsen says, adding that the prepschoolersare strong in the weight events, the jumps and the hurdles...
...shells they race today, BU, Navy, MIT, Columbia, Penn, and Princeton, have already been beaten by the freshmen. of the sextet, MIT's boat is the only one that has ever come close. It has trailed the freshmen by seveneighths, a half, and one and a half lengths consecutively in three races...