Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President hoped that Jesse Jones would continue to stay in the Government. He told him to drop around and see Ed Stettinius one of these days to see if there was an ambassadorship open. The letter, which began, "Dear Jesse," closed with "warm regards...
...Drop the practice of attaching riders to bills which, in the main, have nothing whatever to do with the subject of the rider. (Such legislation is usually hung on appropriation bills, often forces a President to accept objectionable legislation, helps stuff the pork barrel...
...safety valve on the prices of two important commodities was opened a notch last week. The long-awaited ceiling on live cattle prices was finally set. It turned out to be a fat $18 a hundred pounds, will drop to $17.50 in July. At the same time, steelmakers got temporary boosts of $2 to $5 a ton on five basic steel products-the first industrywide price increase since...
Back at his post, Zerbe got an urgent radio call from base: "Mistake made on previous message. Drop defective depth charge immediately. Explosion possible...
...idea was first suggested by popular, doughty General Arnaldo Azzi. He urged that the Royal Italian Army should be reformed, drop its oath of allegiance to the House of Savoy, change its name to Esercito Nazionale (National Army). For his pains the General was retired...