Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warned conservative Senator John W. Bricker when Ohio Republicans decided to put right-to-work up for a vote in the November election: "If you put this on the ballot, you will lose the governorship, control of the state senate and house, and I might lose." He was right all around...
Much of the performance's distinction came from the conductor, Elliott Forbes, who seemed in control of every moment. His largeness of conception, together with a scrupulous attention to shaping detail proved equal to the difficult combination of subtlety and scope that this work presents...
Although the bill seems unlikely to be reported favorably this year, it may have a better chance, in a slightly altered form, next year. If the word "limit" were removed from the state statute, cities would be able to control institutional building so sharply that it would effectively stop colleges from building in certain neighborhoods...
...most one can say against the idea is that in the present belligerent mood of Congress it is idealistic. No one can expect a Congress which makes such a point of scrutinizing every expenditure for foreign aid to relinquish its control immediately. But UN Secretary-General Hammarskjold is very eager to get plans for such a pool of experts underway. If he can convince the State Department and if it can convince Capitol Hill, a valuable replacement for present unsatisfactory aid programs can be initiated...
LEIPZIG, East Germany, March 4--Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today that the Soviet Union may sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany--and certainly will give it control over Western routes to Berlin...