Word: making
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Mr. Truman comes out for socialized medicine, then the Republican Party has an issue on which to put up a real battle. And we've got to let the people know that we want decentralization of government and make them see why home rule is vital for this country . . . We found in New Jersey that if we were to have a winning team we had to stand for something...
...politically ambitious Jimmy Roosevelt. The new law will leave pensions at the increased level (average: $70.63 a month) which McLain pushed through a year ago, but will shave $65 million off the $200 million annual cost by boosting the retirement age from 63 back to 65. It will also make relatives who can afford it responsible for the old folks once more...
...argued that Airman Crommelin was famous as a flyer and fighting man, and that Crommelin's impetuous and reckless revolt against civilian control had made him the darling of half the officers in the service. It seemed quite possible that a court-martial might make him both a hero and a martyr. It was certain to stir up new publicity (Lieut. Commander Walter Winchell, U.S.N.R., had rushed a New York lawyer to Washington to defend Crommelin...
...Brewster, N.Y., 52 miles from home in the wrong direction, before the cops caught him. One morning last week the call came again, loud and clear. Artie dialed the Trans World Airline counter at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, told them he was going to Hollywood to make a picture and wanted a reservation. Yes, he said, the afternoon Constellation that stopped at Pittsburgh and St. Louis would be all right. He'd pick up the airport limousine at the hotel...
...that he doesn't like the Chinese Communists. The President expressed his views recently when Acheson suggested that U.S. warships join British warships in breaking the Chinese Nationalist blockade of Communist ports, which interferes with Western trade. Said the President: let the Nationalists first see if they can make their blockade stick. Furthermore, let the Communists prove they can control China or gain the support of the Chinese people...