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Word: leader (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...registration in the city's history. Traditionally, such a fact would suggest the downfall of a machine; as has been previously mentioned, however, Curley's organization is not the listless machine thet preys on a low vote; rather it is a personal machine that is a vigorous as its leader. And Curley seems to have plenty of vitality left...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

...first work on the program, another French piece though not impressionistic, was also well done. Rabaud's romantic and moody La Procession Nocturne requires tremendous feeling on the part of both orchestra and leader. And that was certainly manifest in its performance Tuesday...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 11/3/1949 | See Source »

...Strategy. By midterm, the Senate was so demoralized that no major appropriation bill had been passed. Harry Truman was direly threatening to get on a train and take his case to the nation again; Majority Leader Scott Lucas was in the hospital with gastric ulcers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Record | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

After 23 days without leadership, for her government, France seems to have settled her political turmoil--at least for the time being. On Friday, Georges Bidault, a leader of the moderate Popular Republican party, and his Cabinet appointments, were approved by a large majority of the National Assembly. What Bidault had succeeded in doing was resurrecting the coalition of moderates that has governed France since...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Smith, that Curley was not even elected to the delegation to the convention. Instead, he went to Chicago alone and there executed one of the shrewdest tricks in recent political history. He approached the delegation from Puerto Rico, talked them into giving him their standard, and sat as their leader when the roll call began. When the clerk got to Puerto rice, "Alcalde Jaime Miguel Culeo" delivered the Island's vote for Roosevelt. It was Curley, too, who led the landslide on the fourth roll call that ended in Roosevelt's candidacy for President...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

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