Word: maining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some of the big political issues for 1948 had already been raised; the main battle lines were drawn. For a while, it would be Harry Truman's prerogative to keep the Republican congressional majority on the defensive. In rapid succession, the President would deliver three messages: on the state of the union, on economic conditions, on the federal budget. But, aside from counseling the Congress against immediate tax reductions, he was expected to do little more than renew his pleas for a European Recovery Program and for compulsory anti-inflation controls...
...Manhattan, a 48-inch water main broke during the morning rush hour, flooded blocks of the I.R.T. subway, trapped 9,000 passengers on 14 underground trains and tied up service for five hours. A black market in fuel oil developed overnight and was heartily damned and heartily patronized. Icicles formed on the cornices of skyscrapers, dropped off and came tumbling down while pedestrians leaped like rabbits...
...police, detectives, reporters, and photographers swarmed over the Coop immediately after the theft, sales-clerks, executives, and customers stood huddled in little groups on the main floor and in President George E. Cole's office today giving personal opinions on the looting and on the subsequent escape...
...Germanic Museum affords the most satisfactory alternative in the University, Kilty said. The main hall, in which the production will be held, in built on the model of a medieval chapel and provides seating space for an audience of 150. In addition, it will be possible to use the organ for entr'acte music, and the use of scenery will be unnecessary...
Better pictures, equipment, and projector-handling are the main features of the new set-up, Richard C. Sawyer '51, movie director, said. Union policy will be to secure the "best past film," and advance bookings already run up to March...