Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nourse dissented from Harry Truman's economic views; consistently Keyserling agreed with them, supported them. Finally Nourse wrote his resignation, remarking to a friend after the President's 1949 Economic Report to Congress: "I'm too old for such nonsense. I haven't many years left and I ought to live them out honestly...
...session was the longest in peacetime since 1922, and it had been a stormy voyage. Harry Truman's Fair Deal often seemed about to founder with all its cargo. But the crew, checking over what was left after many an item had been jettisoned, found it amounted to a fair-sized package...
...strategy suggested by canny old Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn: 1) keep Congress in session, let it talk itself out, hold its nose to the grindstone, and blame Republican obstructionism for Congress' inaction; 2) let Congress know that if it got down to work on what was left of the Truman program, it could go home...
...Crimson's win, as well as ending a two-game scoreless streak, indicated that Munro's new lineup experiment is a good one. Ex-halfback Bell was at center forward for the first time, while Wolf, erstwhile holder of the position, moved over to outside left...
...break came at 11:30 of the last period when the Crimson was awarded a penalty shot, and second-stringer John Harvey--the team's expert in the free shot department--made it good. But Navy's left outside, Space, broke through all alone to bent Harvard goalie whoop Batchelder and tie it up. Weiss finally snapped the tie at 16:30 with a goal after a pass play that went from Jim Bell and Ted Wolf...