Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...governors, but the States' rights bloc in Congress. In a futile race with the Supreme Court, the States-righters had popped bills into both Houses of Congress, aimed to whisk the insurance business out from under the antitrust acts (TIME, Nov. 29). Their contention: insurance regulation is a concern of the states, not the federal government, and has been so held by the Supreme Court for 75 years...
Then, his presence elsewhere obviously demanded by the pressure of world events, the Senator hastens out of the chamber, leaving his dull-appearing colleagues to carry on with whatever small chores remain. He is usually seen no more that day, to the concern of the galleries. But on the morrow, around noon, he will return, in another suit, another bow tie, with fresh stones and new wisdom...
...from the pantry-bar in his four-story Harlem house) Dr. Powell said: "I will represent the Negro first, and all other Americans next." Quickly Sara Speaks, who knows that there are also about 31,000 Irish, Italians, Puerto Ricans and Spaniards in the new district, said: "My major concern will be for all of the people of my district...
...centuries Europe's almost continu ously warring countries have looted each other's art, or callously shattered what they did not loot, leaving the fragments to antiquarians and U.S. tourists. Last week the current concern with the fate of Euro pean art treasures...
Everlasting Concern. Says Spykman: "The situation at this time . . . makes it clear that the safety and independence of this country can be preserved only by a foreign policy that will make it impossible for the Eurasian land mass to harbor an overwhelmingly dominant power in Europe and the Far East. The United States must recognize once again, and permanently, that the power constellation in Europe and Asia is of everlasting concern to her, both in time of war and in time of peace...