Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he came to the surplus, it was the newsmen's turn to poke a hot political question at Harry Truman. What were the chances for tax reduction? The President would not say, right out, that there could be no tax cut. But he strongly implied that any effort to reduce taxes next year would get a heavy going over by him. Treasury Secretary John Snyder, patting his round, little private surplus, nodded approval as the President explained his tax policy: cut the debt by taxing heavily in prosperous times. Added Harry Truman: "The international situation has also made...
...most townsmen had no watches of their own, and since even a fishing village must move according to the relentless schedule of modern time, repairing the clock was an urgent matter. So everyone agreed when strapping, round-faced Father Bernardoni called together all parties for a raffle. The united effort yielded 70,000 lire. Then dissension began. Father Bernardoni insisted that 6,000 lire be used for parish charity which could not be delayed "because we can't let people die of hunger to have a clock a few days sooner...
...effort paid off with another national championship when Norris outswam the 26-man field--recruited from all over the country--at Williams Lake...
...Boston Braves, in an all-out public-relations effort, offered night baseball fans a dinner at Boston's staid Somerset Hotel, a seat at the game and cab rides to and from the ball park-all for $4.50. The corporation counsel for the District of Columbia said that it is legal for a minor to drink in capital bars so long as he does not order the drink, pay for it, or have it set in front of him by a tavern owner or waiter. He added: "For a child to drink with his parents is the greatest safeguard...
...with Father (Warner) has been treated by Hollywood with the care and respect that is due the biggest hit in the history of the stage. Warner Bros, bought the play for $500,000 down plus a sizable percentage of the gross receipts. In the filming, Father was a major effort in Technicolor fidelity to an original. Every scene added to the cinema version was developed from the original sketches of Clarence Day, and the picture was made under the supervision of Playwright Howard Lindsay and of Mr. Day's widow...