Word: opener
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Veep's Prerogative. Democrats had their answers ready. The peril-point procedure, they said, would induce caution verging on stagnation in the Tariff Commission; how could anybody safely predict a peril point for years in the future? It was also an open invitation to every industry to bring terrific political pressures to bear on its behalf. "With the peril-point amendment," argued Majority Leader Scott Lucas, "we abandon our position as the economic leader in world affairs . . . We cannot say to the rest of the world: 'From now on the primary factor in our tariff system is protection...
Airman Crommelin knew what he was risking: "I'm finished," he declared. "This means my naval career. But I hope this will blow the whole thing open. Up to now, I've felt like an accessory to a crime. I can't stand it any longer...
...squad cars sirened into the boulevard. The speedsters roared away in all directions, careering through side streets and bumping across empty fields with gnashing gears and wide-open throttles. As usual, police caught only a handful...
Most of them took dismissal philosophically. One who rebelled was Dr. Florencio Loza, for eight years on the federal bench of La Plata. "I have never allowed any outside influence to interfere with justice in my court," he wrote in an open letter to the Minister of Justice. "I .thought it was my duty to devote to my job my best efforts. With this record I now leave my country's judiciary...
Italian Cinemactress Anna Magnani (Open City), great & good friend of Italian Director Roberto Rossellim until Ingrid Bergman came along, settled down for a short rest after winding up work on her latest movie. Volcano...