Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...North Carolina law practice, had resigned (that is, Royall's third letter of resignation had been accepted). Who would get the job? The President couldn't say. Would there be other changes in the top defense command? Harry Truman said he didn't expect any major ones. But, he hedged quickly, in Government there are always changes because it takes an iron man with an elephant hide, and the pay is not worth the ribbing he's got to take...
There were already two other major health bills (by Ohio Republican Robert A. Taft and Alabama Democrat Lister Hill) before Congress. Both would pay the premiums of the poor so that they could join such voluntary private health-insurance programs as the Blue Cross which already cover 50 million Americans. Taft's bill also provides federal subsidies for training doctors and building hospitals. Truman's answer to these bills: "Medical care is needed as a right, not as a medical dole." One sign of the trouble the President's bill faces: seven of the 13 members...
...throat from ear to ear." The vote proved otherwise. By a vote of 49 to 31, eight Republicans helped 41 Democrats slap down John Bricker's non-segregation amendment. Among the eight Republicans was Ohio's senior Senator Robert Taft. After that, there was only one more major hurdle to take...
...those four wins were registered over such nonentities in the rowing world as Washington and Lee, Rollins College (where you can major in hunting and fishing), Florida Southern, and Tampa University, which reduces the Terriers to a status something short of imposing...
...major projects will take up the bulk of students' time: complete preparation of a book-length manuscript except for the actual printing, and production of a dummy for a magazine. Publishing house office conditions will be duplicated as far as possible throughout the course...