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Word: passingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made a mistake. Until then, Majority Leader Scott Lucas had had the assurance of considerable Republican support. In fact, he had hoped to have enough votes to apply cloture (limitation of debate), break the Southerners' filibuster, write a new rule widening cloture power,-* and, in the end, pass Harry Truman's civil rights program. Then Harry Truman put his foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Talking Out of Turn | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...also, until last week, supervisor of all Soviet domestic commerce, director of consumer-goods production, director of the production of food, supervisor of the ministries of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy. And, in addition, he has been one of the few people with whom Stalin liked to pass his hours of relaxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Businessman, Soviet Model | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Many citizens felt that the United Nations Charter was no better than the old Geneva League covenant. They gloomily foresaw what has since come to pass--the virtual asphyxiation of the U.N. Early in 1947, most of the bumper crop of post San Francisco "unite-or-die" groups got together and formed the United World Federalists. Clarence Streit, the godfather of U.W.F., isn't in the organization. His own Federal Union Inc. wants the Atlantic democracies to federate first, while the U.W.F. is asking for a full-blown world constitution. In fact, the Federalists plan to hold a conclave...

Author: By David E. Lillenthal jr., | Title: Brass Tacks | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

Only twice in the first two periods did the Crimson come to life. At 6:08 of the first period and at 9:50 of the second, Dave Key and Bill Garrity scored on well-functioning pass plays...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Harvard Six Defeats Princeton, 8-6 | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

...third period tallies came within the opening four minutes. Bill Garrity caught Tiger goalie Chuck Callanan off guard at 0:49; Lew Preston eased in a diagonal shot at 1:13; and Huntington in the goal mouth poked in the first of his three goals on a pass from Dave Abbot...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Harvard Six Defeats Princeton, 8-6 | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

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