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Word: lefts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Among them were Labor Secretary James Mitchell, Attorney General William Rogers, Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson, Commerce Secretary Frederick Mueller. All listened quietly while Mitchell reported some bad news to the President: labor and management had made no progress toward settling the longest nationwide steel strike in U.S. history. That left only one thing to do: President Eisenhower set into motion the machinery of the Taft-Hartley law, aimed at halting the strike by injunction for 80 days to provide a cooling-off period. He named a three-man committee of labor experts to write the fact-finding report required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: What Nobody Wanted | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

...like asking which leg is more important, the right or the left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dialogue With John Dewey | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...party's militant left-wingers demanded a return to all-out socialism and a reaffirmation of faith in nationalization as "a means to advance Britain's future...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: General Marshall Dies, Aged 78; CBS Takes Quiz Shows Off Air; Labor Party's Unity Threatened | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

Again there was a dead silence, and Dudley could feel the sweat on his brow increase. His left hand became clammy, and soon her right became clammy. It was this that made Dud sure that they were meant for each other. Still he was stuck for words...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Punch on the Rocks | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...offensive leader in the Ivy League, and end Bob Federspiel, one of the most feared pass receivers in the League, make a dangerous combination. Vassell has accounted for 269 yards with his throwing and Federspiel scared the Elis enough for them to put two men on him. At left half will be Don Savini, extremely fast and just as lethal to the outside as Brookins...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Underdog Lions Face Crimson Eleven Today, As Harvard Tries for First Ivy League Win | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

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