Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ The House, overriding bitter Southern opposition, approved (272-98) a $750,000 grant to cover initial operating expenses of President Eisenhower's new Civil Rights Commission.
In his request for new legislation, the President placed responsibility for the U.S.'s new space-exploration program (TIME. April 7) on a new entity to be called the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, headed by a civilian named by the President and confirmed by the Senate. If approved...
In the streets of Riyadh outside the palace, there was open muttering against the King. The keeper of Islam's holy places was being denounced by Nasser's partisans throughout the Middle East as the dog who had plotted to kill their hero. Saud duly appointed a commission...
While Robinson was winning back his title with brutal skill for the fourth time in six years (never from the same man), one of his handlers was in Basilio's corner screaming that Carmen's seconds were smearing their boy with doped Vaseline. It took a couple of...
Ballots went out to the 1,346 members of the New York Stock Exchange last week to vote on whether the brokers should boost commissions an average 13%, the second hike in four years. The plan ran into immediate opposition from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, biggest brokerage house. The...