Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Female relatives of the late Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery, former vice chairman of the Maritime Commission, had been in special demand as bottle-smashers. Five had received $6,457.65 in shipyard gifts; Daughter Barbara's share included two diamond bracelets. Ernie Pyle's widow, for christening a...
"You Can't Do That!" For one thing, it was hard to pin down the Russian bloc. When the Western majority moved to consider Greek claims in the Bulgarian Political and Territorial Commission, Chairman Kuzma V. Kisselev of Byelorussia hastily adjourned the session and rose to leave the room...
But now Hell's Gate is open, thanks to a joint U.S.-Canadian Salmon Fisheries Commission. About half of a $2 million appropriation has been spent to create flume-like fishways which slow the rush of water, give the sockeyes a chance to rest in artificial pools in their...
Divorce. The present Episcopalian canon on divorce is based on Christ's saying, But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. -Matthew 5:32...
At various times, his ad campaigns had the Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau, American Medical Association and the New York Times on his neck. Hill squelched lesser critics handily: "Why should I justify [my copy]? It has paid."