Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Christian Democrat spokesman pointed out that this was a purely political bill designed to win votes, and that the government had no money to spare for the bonus proposal. But when the Socialists forced an open roll-call vote and Adenauer's name was called as the first on the alphabetical list, the Chancellor did not dare oppose the bill. He rose and weakly voted "/a." The other Christian Democrat deputies followed suit...
...boon to the boastful, a murrain to the miserly and a surefire smash in the bookstalls. The book-a privately published almanac which meticulously lists the annual earnings of every Swede, except royalty, who makes more than 15,000 kronor (about $3,000)-sold 14,000 copies during the first few days after publication...
Arnulfo had slept through Remón's first coup, then had been jailed for a few hours when he went downtown to find out what was going on. But this time he was more than ready. Quickly summoned crowds rushed to the Presidencia and roared approval as Remón, presenting the new President, shouted: "Arias is legality." Arnulfistas who had been dodging Remón's cops for years yelled: "Viva Remón...
...occurrence of the campaign windup involved the Liberal Party's ex-candidate himself. Echandia had been making a point of strolling about downtown Bogota unguarded, in silent contrast to Laureano Gómez' self-imposed seclusion in his son-in-law's tightly barred home. On the first day of the general strike he set out accompanied by his brothers, Vicente and Domingo, and 19 Liberal politicians...
...Cornelius Vanderbilt got around to the opening of the Metropolitan Opera (see Music) even though it meant her first public appearance in a wheelchair. When 30 photographers swooped down on her and let go with flashbulbs, she brandished her cane and cried: "I ought to take this to you." Carleton Smith, director of the National Arts Foundation, who escorted Mrs. Vanderbilt to the opening, said she had decided to attend only after he told her that Queen Mary, who recently gave him an audience in England, had remarked sadly that "so few were left to uphold tradition...