Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Equalization posed many a legal problem. The method most likely to be adopted by Congress: permit all married couples to split their income for federal tax purposes, even in states where such division has no authority in state...
...mustache, sipping artfully from a glass of water, mugging for the camera men, he admitted that Communism in Hollywood was on the decline, mainly because so many people were becoming aware of its dangers. But there were still Reds aplenty, and he had a surefire, if somewhat simplified, method of spotting them. "Anyone attending any meeting at which Paul Robeson appears, and applauds, can be considered a Communist," said Adolphe Menjou...
...Washington, a famed chemist, Dr. James I. Hoffman, gave a sure-fire method for thwarting Halloween window-waxers: rubbing a thin coat of vaseline on glass surfaces before the young fiends arrive. Once windows are waxed, he explained, they can best be cleaned with gasoline, kerosene or turpentine...
...Rudolf Degkwitz, a German who spent part of the war in concentration camps, developed a new method...
...compete on this favored level, undergraduates must rely on the circulation desk to supply those books not included on reading room shelves. With overflowing stalls and misplaced books defeating an already poor circulation system, well over forty percent of the books requested cannot be delivered. A more effective method for recalling stall caches and the enforcement of stack regulations regarding misplaced texts is necessary if Widener hopes to give undergraduates any degree of satisfaction...