Word: forming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...might be able to form a government stayed in the background. Ahmed Gavam had stepped down from the premiership six months ago under attack from the Russians (for the Majlis' failure to give them oil rights) and from fellow Persians (on charges of graft). He decided to take a rest, flew to Paris. Without the 70 to 80 votes which he controlled in the Majlis, neither Hajir nor anyone else could govern...
Maneuvers on the Border. Last week the confusion might have pleased Gavam, for it might persuade the Shah that only Gavam could form a stable government. And the confusion was certainly pleasing to Russia; Persia's series of helpless, do-nothing governments permitted Russia to pose as the hope of Persia's wretched twelve million. When they occupied Azerbaijan during and after World War II, the Russians made a fine show of constructiveness. Their puppet government paved some streets in Tabriz, opened a radio station, started land reforms...
...South Africa the calmest man seemed to be the new Prime Minister himself. Peering, paunchy Daniel Malan took a full week to form his government, while partisans cheered in hysteria and the opposition waited on tenterhooks...
...Forms. The-Treasury Department ruled out further use of the withholding tax receipt as a "simplified" tax return form for incomes of $5,000 or less. Reason: this "simplified" form (called W2) had proved "too confusing." To replace it, the Treasury is revising the 1040-A "short form...
Last week Columnist Hedda Hopper, in a patient, motherly tone, read the moviemakers a mild warning: "Every picture, whether good, bad, or stinky, is labeled 'colossal' or 'stupendous' . . . We must try to persuade those who have stopped seeing movies to form the habit again by telling the truth about our product, and rating a picture honestly, as fair, good, or perhaps great. Few are colossal, you know...