Word: minors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Buenos Aires rumor was right, the election might never come off, Strong Man Candidate Juan Domingo Perón might be planning a Putsch. The reasons: 1) bickering in his own camp (a fortnight before election his backers still could not agree on minor candidates); 2) the well-mobilized organization that turned out 150,000 enthusiasts in Buenos Aires last week to cheer the Democratic Union's Candidate Jose P. Tamborini...
...progress is lost because of this. The ending, Wilder and Brackett's genuflection to Hollywood's age-old formulate of the Happy Ending, is contrived and unbelievable. But Milland'e portrayal of the harrowing frightfulness of hangover, the prissy and cynical male nurse in the alcoholic ward, and numerous minor touches will all hit you where you live...
entire Louisville group average slightly younger than TIME subscribers, with smaller incomes (armed forces pay) and more education (younger people these days are more educated than older people). Most (68%) of the group of civilians and veterans were males in the salaried minor executive class, and a majority (69%) were married. Interestingly enough, more than a third were former TIME subscribers. They gave two main reasons for choosing to buy their copies of TIME at a newsstand: 1) it was more convenient and 2) they were not at present permanently located...
...Uncle Sam" (Twain) gave Webster a flying start by putting him in charge of the Kaolatype-a brand-new chalkplate process for engraving illustrations. "This invention," wrote Twain confidently, ". . . will utterly annihilate and sweep out of existence one of the minor industries of civilization. ... I wish to give you $100 of its stock, now, anyhow, & make you Vice President & Treasurer-also Manager. . . . Act fearlessly & with decision...
Some type of pamphlet will be distributed at the meeting, listing the "Big Four," comparing them on specific points, and outlining plans and policies of several other minor groups. The forum will be open to the entire University and will be held in Sanders Theatre...