Word: fold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Excess Profits &-Amortization Bill. Conferees had ironed out differences between the House's version of the Excess Profits Bill and the Senate's. Congress hoped to pass it this week. Passed by the Senate and sent to conference was the Ramspeck Bill, which permits the President to fold into the Civil Service system approximately 200,000 Government employes through noncompetitive examinations. Congressmen were beginning to see some hope of adjournment when, at week's end, came news of the Axis-Japan pact...
Minnesota. In the Republican fold after twelve years as a Farmer-Labor member of the U. S. Senate, poker-playing old Henrik Shipstead had no trouble walking off with the Republican Senatorial nomination. For GOPoliticos, it was like the good old days before Floyd Olson. They land-slid tough, able young Governor Harold Stassen in on his way to a second term...
...issues involved in student waiting are three-fold...
Wellesley College opened its portals for the 66th year on Tuesday, welcoming 404 Freshmen into the fold. The new students will be joined by returning upperclassmen today, swelling the enrollment total...
...thirds of the Seniors went to the legitimate theatre at least three times, the poll revealed. Most good plays get to Boston months or years late, and bad as well as good onces come here before they fold in N. Y. The most popular theatre is the Old Howard, Boston's ancient burlesque emporium--the great majority of Harvard men go there at least once, many again and again...