Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said his reputation was 'good'-and it was . . . That was the simple, exact, whole truth, and all I could say on the basis of what little I knew of him . . . I am a lawyer. I think that one of the fundamental responsibilities not only of every citizen, but particularly of lawyers, is to give testimony in a court of law, and to give it honestly and willingly ... I would point out that 22 of the most distinguished members of the American bar declared last week that in giving this deposition I had 'done what any good citizen...
...exact opposite of the tense, fiery Cain, Jackson is a diligent yet amiable campaigner, making the customary endless rounds to women's clubs, teas, rodcos, grange meetings, and labor groups. He eats many Norwegian pancakes every Sunday morning, which pleases Washington's sizable Scandanavian population. He has voted in favor of most of the Administration's foreign policy, has been on the liberal side on most domestic legislation...
Perhaps the most horrible mistake is the Young Progressive's history occurred in the fall of 1949 December 6 to be exact. That night the Y.P.'s accused the Combined Charities Drive of "deliberate fraud and misrepresentation" and two hours afterwards had to admit they were entirely wrong. The Club charged that the Student Council in a "deliberate design to misrepresent" has asked the name of one of the six groups on the Combined Charities list...
...hammers. In the rear hung three huge, deep-humming brass gongs. At the foot of the temple steps, two men sat and fluttered butterfly fingers against tubular drums. The music of a Balinese gamelan can clang steel-hard or chime gold-soft, Manhattanites discovered -and the rhythm was as exact and exciting as a drum solo by Gene Krupa...
Mechanical Messenger. In Atlantic City, Western Union showed, off its new "Intrafax" facsimile machine for use by private companies. The machine sends exact copies of sales slips, balance sheets, drawings, telegrams and letters, and it can be used between office floors or neighboring buildings. The sender places a letter on a metal drum, then presses a button. An electric eye scans the letter, reproducing it on paper on another machine in the receiver's office in a few seconds. Price: $648 and up for a year's lease...