Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Question of Precedent. Although it was obviously true that pensions would cost the steelmen money, the fact finders had agreed among themselves that steel's profits were large enough to absorb the full cost of the pension and welfare plans. Nevertheless, Steelman Fairless was on firm ground when he insisted that this was a matter to be thrashed out at the bargaining table. That was a part of the original agreement...
...precedent was already established. The question now was: should it be extended...
...Franks a question from any of the area specialists under him: a new facet on the Palestine issue, more on German dismantling, something new on trade with Tito. By 11:30 starts the parade of "outside visitors," roughly from three categories: 1) visiting British dignitaries, 2) other ambassadors or ministers accredited in Washington, 3) newspapermen...
...three days, in the round-domed chamber of New Delhi's Constituent Assembly, the men who are framing India's new constitution grappled with a question which could wreck any national structure. What should be the language of free India...
...question was as complex as India's linguistic makeup. Its solution was basic to the building of a modern cohesive state out of disparate parts. The nation of Gandhi and Nehru has no majority tongue. Some 41% of its people speak Hindi. Another 14% speak Marathi, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Punjabi-all closely related to Hindi. Some 32% speak Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese. The remaining 13% speak miscellaneous dialects...