Word: controller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Listening Post. For a few minutes, standing with military erectness, he talked earnestly into the microphone to a small knot of farmers and townsmen: "I'm not satisfied with the farm price support bill ... I know you people don't want federal control of education and your Congressman will fight that . . ." He said nothing about his wartime exploits as a paratroop officer, when he led a patrol behind the German-line near Arnhem, returning with 32 prisoners and without a scratch. Mostly he told the people about the issues of the 81st Congress, and how to apply...
...have "equal status with equal rights." Queen Juliana, as head of the Union, would embody "the concept of voluntary and lasting cooperation between the partners." All Dutch forces would leave Indonesia within six months of transfer of sovereignty (to take place not later than Dec. 30). The U.S.I. would control its own army & navy, although the Dutch would keep the right to use the Surabaya naval base under Indonesian supervision; the U.S.I. would also control its own economy, although it promised not to seize any Dutch property, and to consult the Dutch in making trade agreements with foreign nations...
...salvage as much as it could of its organization by coming to some sort of terms with the state and playing for time. Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty had chosen the uncompromising course; despite his stand, the church in Hungary was forced to submit to state control. In a directive to priests which explains their reasons for choosing the course of compromise, the Czech Council of Bishops wrote: "It is necessary to... save you for the spiritual care of the faithful...
...Police. For 250 years quinine was the only police agent used to control malaria. Swamp drainage and screening of buildings have been added to the force since 1898, when it was shown that malaria parasites (tiny protozoa of the genus Plasmodium) spend part of their life cycle in female Anopheles mosquitoes. The mosquito picks up the parasites from infected humans, nurtures them and injects them into fresh victims. The parasites run through the bloodstream of their victim, causing periodic fevers at the peak of their reproductive cycle; many lodge in the spleen, causing local pain...
...desperate minutes, Fordham's wrought-up athletes used everything but brass knuckles to hold Army scoreless. The Army gave back as good as it got, with elbows and clenched fists. In a frantic effort to keep the game under control, officials expelled two players from the game (one from each team). Army was penalized 147 yards, including seven 15-yard penalties for major fouls; Fordham was set back 131 yards, 120 yards of it for similar fouls. Even the 278-yard penalty total didn't tell the whole story: over 100 yards of penalties were declined...