Word: plans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing the Speaker could do or say was going to save Harry Truman from another defeat. The rebellious House was out to kill the Administration's spectacular Brannan farm plan (TIME, April 18). And to make the chase more annoying, some of Sam Rayburn's most stalwart followers were leading the posse...
...Lattre has long believed and argued that Western Union's land forces would have to bear the first brunt of any attack from the East, must have the appropriate priorities. He also believes that Western Union's land-defense program must eventually be fitted into a larger plan for all the Atlantic pact signatories. Not much can be done with this larger plan until the U.S. Congress decides how much (if any) arms aid it is willing to give to Western Europe...
...bombs went off according to plan. According to one eyewitness, "the balloons appeared to rise to about 4,500 ft. Then they exploded in midair or fell into the water, or, blown by a sudden southeast wind, sped over the city and dropped on the besiegers. Venetians, abandoning their homes, crowded into the streets and squares to enjoy the strange spectacle . . . When a cloud of smoke appeared in the air to make an explosion, all clapped and shouted. Applause was greatest when the balloons blew over the Austrian forces and exploded, and in such cases the Venetians added cries...
Some parents protested. How would they know what grade their children were in? Schwertz replied that they wouldn't, but that was better than promoting kids whether they could handle the work or not. After a year's trial of the plan, the mothers voted unanimously to let Principal Schwertz carry...
...Philadelphia Kaiser-Frazer agency one day last year, swarthy, greying Joe Pacifico heard about a new ECA plan. To encourage U.S. investments abroad and help European recovery, ECA would guarantee the conversion of profits into dollars for any projects that it approved. Joe remembered the old stone quarry near Naples which he had helped his father work as a boy. His brother Eugene and sister Carmela still ran it with primitive methods and materials...