Word: grabbing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other issues used as arguments by both sides are conservation, national defense, states rights, and land grab...
...Land Grab...
While the states are claiming the federal government is trying to grab its land, other people are saying that state ownership is merely a land grab by big business. This is not true, for the business arrangements in the federal bill are identical with those of the states. Oil rights to an area of land are leased to the highest bidder, bids later being made public; and when oil is struck, the owner of the land receives a royalty, usually one-eighth. The preference of business for state control stems from a fear of a disruption of the industry...
Neon & Yo-Yos. As they were whirled off across the state in automobiles, they exclaimed favorably at the low cost of eggs in the U.S., the marvels of neon tubing, the high wages earned by U.S. workers and the admirable restraint of a government which did not grab up all the stores and factories in sight...
Children cause much of the pulling & hauling between parents of different faiths. Only occasionally do parents split the difference (" 'The oldest [of our children] is Catholic and the youngest Lutheran' "). Sometimes a family turns into a denominational grab bag. Said one girl: "Mother is a member of the United Brethren church ... I have one sister who is Christian Science, one who is Free Methodist, and I am Lutheran.' " When the interviewer asked how this worked out when they were together, she replied: " 'We have to leave off the subject of religion altogether ... I am sure...