Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proposals passed, large and small. In 1956 Ike's record stood at 45.7%; in the halcyon days of 1953 it was a whopping 72.7%. There was precedent for this downward trend of the percentages. Harry Truman, battling violently against his final Democratic Congress, managed to push, pull and maneuver through only a fraction of his requests. And Franklin Roosevelt, in his later terms, had to deal with a Democratic Congress that was in open revolt, a Senate Majority Leader (Alben Barkley) who resigned rather than back him, and a Senate that was in a mood to make a rare...
...means that if you squat so close to it that your knees rub against the dial buttons, you can almost see Ed Sullivan. We cling to it, all ten inches of it, because we imagine that any minute now it will be valuable as a collector's item. Pull out those tubes, plant it with philodendron, and there's your conversation piece." But then-every time the Kerrs save up $299 for a bigger set, they use the money to take a trip some place where there...
Democracy at Work. In Miami, the Herald, clarifying to readers the voting levers and an oddly phrased resolution on rezoning a strip of the beach front, pointed out that if they were FOR it, they should pull the lever AGAINST, and if AGAINST...
...struggle to pull Bolivia's economy back from the brink of ruin. President Hernán Siles Zuazo has had solid cash backing from the U.S. One day last week, surrounded by members of his Cabinet. Siles strolled through the sunshine from the presidential palace to the Congress building. There, in the first state-of-the-nation speech since his inauguration a year ago, President Siles made the unusual gesture of giving heartfelt public thanks...
Most builders were cheered by the changes. Said Levittown Builder William J. Levitt: "The new terms are a healthy stimulant to housing. They will enable the homebuilding industry to pull out of its nose dive starting right now, and housing starts should climb well over the 1,000,000 mark next year...