Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...agreed when it passed its aid-to-education bill. But if such aid became a permanent policy of Government, would the nation's schools ultimately and inevitably fall into the hands of federal control? Should parochial and private schools which teach Christianity be excluded from federal aid and left to get along as best they could...
...Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas. He called them "the real influence men ... the professional bleeding hearts of the New Deal who have been converted to the private enterprise system by ... fat legal fees." Butler wanted to outlaw all such representation for at least two years after officials left federal service...
...onetime cowboy, who left school after the sixth grade, Keener picked up his basic engineering in survey work for the Colorado Power Co., in 1934 founded his own company. From one employee, it grew during World War II, when Keener built ammunition plants, to 800 men, has netted Keener a tidy personal fortune...
Last year, Keener decided to take a trip to Europe and see if he could land some reconstruction contracts abroad. His offer: to build complete industrial installations (e.g., steel plants, sugar mills, gas manufacturing plants) anywhere in the world. Before he left, a friend warned him: "Sam, if you're going to Europe, wear some kind of uniform. It'll get you any place and you'll get no place without it." Sam designed his own outfit and found it worked like a charm, cowing officious customs men and clearing the way through red tape...
Handyman. In Lincoln, Mass., John Joseph Kelliher, 69, decided that he would retire because of poor health, left vacant the jobs of police chief, constable, water commissioner, water department superintendent, moth superintendent, slaughtering inspector, dog officer and sealer of weights & measures...