Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Illinois' handsome, athletic Senator Scott Wike Lucas is living proof of the virtues of party regularity. In his 14 years as Congressman and Senator he has sponsored little major legislation, made few headlines, shown no notable talent for leadership. But he has toiled long & loyally for the Administration on Capitol Hill, and had stuck staunchly by Harry Truman in the dark days before Philadelphia. This week, for such services loyally rendered, Scott Lucas, 56, was chosen new Majority Leader of the Senate. (Tennessee's ancient Senator Kenneth McKellar, who became president pro tern, will inherit a purely honorary...
Among the people who managed to make themselves at home, the individual study stalls were much the most popular, and it wasn't all the challenge of the "tip proof" chairs. The studious ones appeared to be quite at case despite the architectural and human distractions. Only in the typing booths were the original library plans thwarted--they were crowded but few of the users had their typewriters with them...
...Proof to Come. Harry Truman had still to prove himself to the nation's voters. He had run on a program, not a record. Some 680,000 who went to the polls had not cast a ballot for any presidential candidate. Truman had polled less than a majority, and his winning margin was the smallest since 1916. Many a voter had voted for him simply as a protest...
...Small Proof. When the guerrillas in the house heard no further resistance, they came up onto the roof. They kicked the two motionless bodies, which rolled off the roof and fell 20 feet to the garden below. There, others administered the coup...
Neither in Greece nor anywhere else are there many men as stubborn and courageous as George and Anastasios Magalios. Their fate is a small proof that the U.S. will need to give more than "economic rehabilitation" to stop Communism in Greece...