Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...since then the outlines of party purity have been blurred; in the matter of political spoils there are two schools of thought. One, led by bulky Bill Boyle, the Democrats' executive vice chairman, wants the rewards to go to the local leaders in each state who have been loyal through & through. The other is led by McGrath, who is worried about getting the Truman program through Congress, and wants to reward at least the milder Dixiecrats: Harry Truman needs their votes in Congress. Last week the two factions took their problems to the White House, accompanied by Vice President...
...reward for 40 years of stainless service at sea, Captain Douglas R. V. Lee was given command of the $12 million Royal Mail liner Magdalena. A silent, broad-shouldered man of 59, Captain Lee planned to make two voyages in his spanking new 17,500-ton ship, then retire. After that, said his wife: "My business will be him, and his business...
...suggested the repeal of the corporate income tax as the initial step toward this end. "The only fair deal," he went on, "is a fair deal that allows the business man to do his job and reap his reward. I am not half as afraid of the gargantuan business as I am of the gargantuan state. You can quit General Motors but you can't quit a public health plan or compulsory education...
...Beware also the Hunch Player, for he chooseth a horse by its initials, or because that it resembles one of his ancestors; and verily I say he will have his reward...
...steeds runneth last; even unto the length of a Football Field; and I say verily he will have his reward...