Word: committing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...report was a collection of individual views from the officers of the big five and each made it clear his statement did not commit his government...
...long-pending fight between a Republican legislature and Democratic executive has come out into the open, and will remain aired until next year's crucial elections swing political fortunes either way. Should Mr. Truman concur with his generally conservative Cabinet and approve the bill, he will not only commit his party to a course almost parallel to the Republican route, but also will keep the desperate unions away from the polls next year, or possibly tempt them to form a third party under eager Henry Wallace...
Marshall insisted that the Senate restore funds for the Voice of America broadcasts, wiped out by Taber's committee last month. Bridges agreed to give Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton some money for propaganda. Taber would not commit himself, but he has hinted that the House might restore something-not much...
...Louis Cohen, who teaches legal psychiatry at Yale, and Dr. Thomas Coffin, assistant professor of psychology at Hofstra College, riffled through the clues left by 18 psychotic murderers. Their conclusion: mad killers seem to commit their murders in a distinct pattern; there is seldom enough method in their madness to fool the dumbest flatfoot...
...until he knew what he would have to pay under a new wage contract. Wages are 40% of steel production costs. Would Phil Murray, president of the steelworkers' union, withdraw his wage demands if Fairless announced a price cut? Murray, afraid of weakening his bargaining position, would not commit himself. He has simply made it clear that he thinks Steel can raise wages, an argument given substance by U.S. Steel's 1946 net profit: $88.7 million. Murray and Fairless were like two men, who, distrusting each other, frantically held onto the same gun. Neither dared...