Word: northern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...idea, of course, was to put Northern Democrats on the spot if they helped defeat the amendment, to stir up a Southern filibuster against the bill if the amendment passed. When Illinois' Douglas tried to head off the maneuver, Republican Minority Leader Kenneth Wherry moved in with a taunting counterattack: "Does the Senator mean that this small and gallant group of liberals is going to vote for the amendment or does he mean it is going to vote against it? Being liberals, of course they would vote to support an amendment which provides that there shall be no discrimination...
Father, for his part, suffered his last blow from a society which had never quite suited him anyhow. He had to be committed to the Northern State Hospital, where he died of "general paralysis of the insane." The hospital sent Frankie all of Waldron Sr.'s worldly goods: a crumpled leather cigarette case, a Seattle streetcar token, and a worn 25? piece...
...token that they do not recognize partition between Northern Ireland and Eire, the Irish dropped their country's Gaelic name...
...Force did wonders for the "timid" boy. In 1941, when he was 18, Chuck graduated from high school and enlisted as a private. He was trained as a mechanic, but was soon sent to flying school in various Western states. In northern California he met pretty, dark-haired Glennis Faye Dickhouse. Since then, all his fighting aircraft have been named Glamourous Glennis. Even the X-1 has Glamourous Glennis painted on its nose, but official Air Force pictures do not show...
...Delegate, Treasurer of Northern New England Region NSA, Student Council, Member Liberal Union, National Board...