Word: morrises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The cleanup job that Harry Truman promised for his malodorous federal house loomed as one of Augean scope when Judge Thomas Murphy backed away from it last December. The President seemed to have in mind a formidable probe and prosecution, a Democratic version of the Republicans' famed Teapot Dome...
Tall (6 ft. 3 in.) Yaleman Morris was one of the eager young men of Fiorello La Guardia's Fusion administration in New York. He served as president of the city council under the Little Flower (1938-46), ran unsuccessfully for mayor against William O'Dwyer. Morris has...
Last week, as he was sworn in by McGrath, Morris was plainly enthusiastic over his new assignment. He was convinced, he said, that the Attorney General and President would give him "a completely free hand" for "the biggest service I ever had to perform." He added: "My investigations . . . will be...
There were some mild cheers on Capitol Hill for the new special investigator, and also a few unkind cuts. The Senate subcommittee digging into sales at exorbitant profits of war surplus tankers let out reminders that a foundation headed by Morris is involved. (Morris has denied any personal gain from...
I am all in agreement with Nabokov for keeping facts and fiction separate. However, it is sometimes interesting to know the factual basis for fiction. An excellent work which gives the sources of Melville's works was published by Columbia University Press in 1939. I believe the title is "Melville...