Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Extended until June 30, 1951 the presidential authority to license and control exports of scarce materials...
...Americanism depends ... I want the Republican Party to be liberal enough to march with the times, to dare new answers to new problems, and to use the power and strength and initiative of government to help citizens to help themselves when they confront problems beyond their resources and control." Both Vandenberg's and Dewey's speeches were attempts to pin a label on the party's philosophy, instead of letting the party's deeds earn their own label...
...classification and given the player a show for his money. One of these is the "live" bumper, essentially an electromagnet surrounding a spring; when touched by a ball it promptly squats down and sends the ball hurtling around the board. The other is the flipper, a little plastic arm controlled by buttons on the flanks of the machine, with which the player can achieve considerable control of the ball...
...Roland Berner, Manhattan lawyer and leader of the stockholder group which had tried to break Vaughan's control...
Much of the argument between utility companies and the Government concerned timing. The Government could plan-and spend-on a basis of demand ten years hence (and write off some of the losses as "flood control"). The utilities had to restrict their planning to two or three years ahead, to be reasonably sure of their market. One way or the other, it looked as if the U.S. would lick the power shortage, though the debate on how to do it would go on for months...