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Word: comly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Year or so ago the Internal Revenue Bureau's Alcohol Tax Unit tried to limit "rub" to its lawful use by loading it with intestinal irritants. There were no com plaints from drinkers, but doctors pro tested that the alcohol was now unfit for many external uses. Month ago the tax unit tried again. Its ruling, effective last week: from now on no one but registered pharmacists may sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Rub- | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...resolution passed by the Senate called upon the Securities and Exchange Com mission to expedite consideration of any bonds which the Finnish Government wanted to issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Aid to the Finns | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...another world-famed maestro to take Bodanzky's place, General Manager Johnson picked a talented, 27-year-old stripling named Erich Leinsdorf, who had been brought from Austria in 1937 as Bodanzky's assistant. Though Manhattan critics admitted that Leinsdorf was not bad for a beginner they com plained that the Met was no place for a beginner. There were rumors that the Met's stars liked Mr. Leinsdorf no better than the critics did. The pot simmered. Last week the lid blew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Metropolitan Mutiny | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...Poulticed away to nothing (on a point of order-that there was no basic law authorizing their continued existence) were two White House growths: National Resources Planning Board, Office of Government Reports. Cut were estimates for the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the Veterans' Administration, the Civil Service Com mission, building projects. Tennessee Valley Authority barely escaped a bandage that would have tourniqueted the life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pain | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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