Word: factful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mayor the Reverend Mr. Woodfin G. Harry, who made a speech; the Warm Springs Women's Club, which sang;* pretty, yellow-headed Patient Ann Smithers, age six, who won the right to sit at the President's table at the Thanksgiving dinner, gnawed a drumstick despite the fact that her baby teeth are falling out; the Georgia Congressional delegation, minus Senator George, who withstood the New Deal's purge. "There was no invitation for me to go," explained Senator George...
...close connections with unionized projectionists would close 15,000 movie houses throughout the U. S. Although War II had cut off $44,000,000 of annual revenues from foreign film sales and economy was in order, the producers capitulated to this threat, and Willie Bioff announced a victory. In fact, however, his victory was not as sweeping as he made it appear. He had won an understanding that wages will go up temporarily, will stay up beyond next Feb. 15 only if company earnings justify the rise...
...twenty years Ben has guided the Yardlings in the art of pool and billiards, and although he says that their game is none too good, they all seem to really enjoy it. "In fact, billiards has had more success at Harvard than at any other college," Ben declared...
...Ninety per cent of the players prefer billiards," Ben claimed, "but they all start out wrong, in fact, everyone starts wrong. It is this early misunderstanding of the game that accounts for the fact that there are only 12 good billiard players in the country...
Such a manifesto as that of the YCL does little to foster this cool-headedness. Their furtive methods of distribution, and their obvious attempts at whitewashing a murderous attack on civilians can only serve to arouse the very anti-Soviet hysteria they deplore. The latest YCL statement emphasizes the fact that their views are not taken to further the best interests of the U.S., but to champion the cause of Russia. While there is no legitimate reason for suppressing such views, there is no denying that, emotionally, they invite suppression, and for this reason make less healthy the political climate...