Word: popular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Arthur Vandenberg himself quickly scotched the suggestion. "Presidential succession," he said, "should first reside in the officer reflecting the largest measure of popular and representative expression at the moment of his succession." That ended that. The succession bill was passed and sent on to the House...
First organized in 1929, these open-air concerts have become a regular feature of the season. Selections will range from light works to heavy overtures, including popular Strauss waltzes, some of Chopin's better known works, and other classical music under the baton of conductor Arthur Fediler...
Hints of Great Enterprise. "What is generally understood by 'the Truman Doctrine' was never thoroughly popular in France. The doctrine seemed too brutal, even if logically brutal. It seemed to consecrate the ineptitude of the U.N. organization, and above all it seemed a negative policy. Le plan Marshall does not have these drawbacks for the French-this is something with a ring of nobility, a hint of great enterprise, something constructive which combines realism and humanism in a manner the French find irresistible...
Vagotomy, the most popular of all, is the vagus nerve operation for ulcers, developed by Chicago's Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt (TIME, Aug. 26). Some 2,000 vagotomies have already been performed in the U.S.; Dr. Dragstedt is credited with 300. Properly done, the operation seems to be generally successful in stopping certain ulcers of the small intestine (Dr. Dragstedt does not recommend it for stomach ulcers...
...rubber industry, it was almost like the bad old times. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., U.S. Rubber Co. and Firestone cut their tire prices about 10% last week to meet a price cut by B. F. Goodrich Co. This brought the cost of a 6.00 x 16, the most popular tire size, down to $14.40, slightly under the 1941 price. To make things worse for tiremen, independent dealers slashed their prices as low as $11.38 by trimming their normal profit of 25 to 30% down to 10% or less. The reason was simple: there were just too many tires...