Word: groups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bill before the House was almost a carbon copy of the housing bill already passed by the Senate, which had the support of many Republicans-including Robert Taft (TIME, May 2). But in the House, a group of Republicans led by Minority Leader Joe Martin and Indiana's Charlie Halleck fought the bill every inch of the way. It was, Halleck shouted, "another dangerous plunge in ... our headlong rush to overcentralization of control...
...national congress of the Movimento Sociale Italiano, which since its furtive foundation 2^ years ago has managed to make itself a minor political force in Italy. In last year's elections, M.S.I, polled half a million votes (out of more than 26 million); it is the largest political group at the universities of Pisa, Perugia, Naples and Palermo. M.S.I, is chiefly a refuge for discontented white-collar workers and disenchanted youths...
...young Albert, music was sometimes a shattering experience. He once heard a group of older schoolboys practicing their singing lesson; the unexpected thrill of hearing two-part harmony, he wrote later, forced him to steady himself against the wall to keep from falling. When he first heard brass instruments played together, he says, "I almost fainted from excess of pleasure...
Last week, partly to get some attention for advice that they claim goes unheeded in Hollywood, a powerful group of exhibitors offered to risk at least $10 million. In Manhattan, representatives of 25 independent theater chains with some 1.500 houses organized a National Exhibitors Film Company for financing independent producers...
...perfect a husband as a woman could find." Otherwise, as his Chrestomathy proves, he has been consistent in his peeves and gripes through several decades. But Mencken seldom descended to personal brawls in print. Like many a man with a terrible pen, he preferred the assault on the group. Says he: "I have never found it difficult to be on good terms, personally, with my enemies. I always try to choose decent ones. When I encounter a mucker, I simply avoid...