Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Senate investigators had been heating up a griddle for the two major generals since last month, when the New York Herald Tribune broke the story of ex-Army Colonel James V. Hunt, a five-percenter whose "dear friends" assertedly helped him get contracts. The two major generals were high up on Hunt's list...
Also among Hunt's professed friends was Major General Harry Vaughan, the President's military aide. His curious remark on the subject a fortnight ago was probably intended to be metaphorical, not a reference to any official; but it now bore the ring of prophecy. "Why pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt]," Vaughan had demanded, "when at least two major generals are in the same racket...
...Such major changes might take years. Meanwhile, the continuing goal of Fagundes and his colleagues is to make sure that the nation's eventual agricultural rebuilding will have a solid foundation...
...Orleans has plenty of public schools, but they are mostly run-down and in need of major repairs. With many families preferring parochial or private schools for their children, the school board has not put up a new building in 25 years...
...major race tracks across the nation, chalk-eaters (form players) were choking last weekend over a straight flush of longshots...