Word: posted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Short. In Wichita, a two-pound package from China arrived, bearing postage of $1,195,000 (Chinese), was held up in the post office for lack of sufficient postage (15? more...
...Deal and later as majority boss on domestic issues-he has probably declared himself on more issues than any man in Congress. His outstanding political characteristic is his insistence on strict legal procedure. He criticized the Nürnberg trials on the grounds that they were ex post facto judgments, and therefore violations of American law. He has seldom altered his course because of public opinion. He calls himself a conservative liberal; his political trademark is: "Go Slow." He is hostile to Big Government, solicitous of the rights of the individual...
Cross Section of Discontent. Only two newsmen had stuck to Henry's trail throughout his warm-up campaign. They were Howard Norton of the Baltimore Sun, and James Wechsler of the New York Post. They had been quickly shushed at press conferences whenever they tried to challenge Wallace's ideas or facts. Sometimes Wallace hid from them in hotel rooms...
...Italy's Christian Democracy, ran up against Benito Mussolini. Mussolini forced De Gasperi out of the window. His party was banned and he became, like thousands of his fellow Italians, an outlaw. He was jailed twice. His health broke. In 1929, Pope Pius XI gave him a post as Vatican librarian at $80 a month. To eke out his salary, he gave language lessons, occasionally worked as ghostwriter for foreign correspondents...
...month, knocked at the door of the Presidential Palace. Soon other Liberals arrived. The result was a new coalition cabinet in which Liberals held half the seats. Its strong man: Darío Echandía, vigorous middle-of-the-roader and new Liberal leader, who took the key post of Minister of the Interior. Laureano...