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Word: conductive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senators first received the House-passed Marcantonio bill, which would outlaw the poll tax in eight Southern states. On cue, bombastic old Tom Connally rose up to shake his grey-white mane and speak his piece about States' rights. "Because my own State of Texas does not conduct its affairs as the State of New York thinks it should conduct them," he declaimed, "these crusaders, these Sir Galahads, mount their steeds and come down into Texas to modify us, and to Christianize us, and to liberalize us, and to modernize us and to intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today: The Poll Tax Peril | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

...lend-leased a symphony conductor to the Commonwealth of Australia this week. He was the Philadelphia Orchestra's chunky, barrel-chested Maestro Eugene Ormandy. The lease was arranged (through OWI) at the request of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, which expects Ormandy to conduct at least 18 symphony concerts in big Australian cities, as many Australian army camps as he can reach in ten weeks of touring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pit to Podium | 5/15/1944 | See Source »

...students' 'thought and conduct' shall be 'definitely under the direction and control (or supervision)' of the Office of Superintendent and of the Embassy, and if they make statements which are contrary to the Three People's Principles and if their improper conduct is examined and found to be a fact' they shall be 'ordered to return to China...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Group Hits Chinese Rulings on Students in U. S. | 5/12/1944 | See Source »

...concert will be informal and is open to the public. G. Wallace Woodworth, associate professor of Music, will conduct the Gleo Club, and at the close of the program invite the public to participate in singing several College songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last Of Glee Club Concerts Planned | 5/9/1944 | See Source »

Francis Biddle looked nervously about the room, then quietly dropped his bombshell: "Mr. Taylor therefore directed Major Weber to conduct Mr. Avery out of the plant. Mr. Avery refused and had to be carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Seizure! | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

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