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Word: confirmed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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RECONFIRMATION RULE, which has plagued air travelers for more than three years, will be dropped June 15. After that, passengers will no longer have to check in six hours before flight time to confirm their reservations. Airlines decided that the savings were more than offset by passenger ill will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Apr. 4, 1955 | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

...Ulam's results contradicted the theories of the physicists. They had taken hope when the machines' early returns seemed to confirm the physicists. But when ENIAC's answers were complete, Ulam was vindicated, and the physicists had to start theorizing all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Work of Many Men | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...likely to change his political views because he tails to receives his morning "Pravda." Nor will those wavering between capitalism and communism lose interest in the latter as a result of the Post Office's action. Indeed, such people can only view the Government's censorship at tending to confirm the soviet charge that the United states is a police state. To assume on the other hand, that a loyal citizen would be susceptible to a few pieces of Communist propaganda shows an amazing lack of confidence in both the stability of American institutions and the judgement of the average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Pravda' at Breakfast | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

Zhukov had also said that Ike had twice invited him to visit the U.S.. and that he still dreams of doing so. Did Ike's recollection confirm that Zhukov memory? It surely did, said the President. "Now, when I asked him to visit our country, I was acting as the agent of my Government, which directed me to do so, and more than that, arrangements had been made once. My plane had been put at his disposal, and my son was detailed as his aide. And I remember he made the remark, 'Well, I shall certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ike & Zuke | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

...these islands, Congress has given its blessing to a varsity of possible action. But in the light of precedent, it would seem that Congress has delegated powers it never had. As Commander-in-Chief, the President does not need Congress' permission to defend Formosa. By calling in Congress to confirm these powers, the President runs the risk of binding his hands in future emergencies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clearing the Formosa Air | 1/27/1955 | See Source »

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