Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dirt Cheap. In San Francisco, Harry Vensano, Public Works director, demanded that the city hold up a $12,375 Payment for soil delivered to a city park. His objection: the enterprising contractor had dug the dirt out of city streets.
Anticipating the American objection that such regulation will increase the national debt, Copland stated, "In this country there is a tendency to over-emphasize the role of the national debt and underemphasize that of national wealth. A man will treat a newly-floated stock as an asset, but considers a...
His Majesty had "two essential objections" to the regency and provisional government plans as worked out by Premier Subasich and Marshal Tito (TIME, Dec. 4). Objection No. 1: "the form of regency"-a triumvirate which will probably be dominated by Marshal Tito's followers. Objection No. 2: the plan...
Burning Issues. In Washington, the Treasury Department gladly explained that there was no legal objection to citizens burning their War Bonds as a contribution to the war effort.
Mr. Secretary Stettinius ( See Cover ) The Senate's Lone Ranger, North Dakota's Bill Langer, took the floor one day last week. He had an objection to make, to the appointment of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as Secretary of State. The objection took up two and a half...