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Word: commissioner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...High Commissioner John J. McCloy arrived in Germany last week and opened a new era in the occupation. The new Western German state should be on its feet in September; then a three-man, civilian Allied High Commission must guide its steps. The destination: full German membership in the family of democratic nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: New Era | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

The Trib told the story of Paul Grindle, an ex-Herald Tribune staffer and now a Massachusetts furnituremaker, who went to Washington a month ago hoping to sell furniture to federal agencies. There Grindle met Hunt and was quickly impressed by his "influence"; Hunt's offices were decorated with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: The Five-Percenters | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Last week the Nassau County (N.Y.) Transit Commission, an unsalaried board of seven prominent citizens appointed by the Republican New York State Legislature, said indignantly that the commuters were right. The Pennsy, the commission found, had milked the Long Island of upwards of $2,000,000 a year in intracompany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Who Starved the Long Island? | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

In bankruptcy, the Long Island is still being run by David E. Smucker, the chief operating officer of the road before it went broke and now one of the trustees. He had no comment. This week the Pennsy talked back, saying: "The commission has not . . . unearthed anything new or anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Who Starved the Long Island? | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

5. A member of the U.N. Commission investigating the Greek war.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

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