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Word: rexford (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devoted to the needs of the people. His lieutenants are singularly suited to carry forth a progressive program; they would well merit the name "brain trust," were that name not in such ill repute. And who would not prefer William Allen White and Charles Taft to [Rexford] Tugwell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Landon: A Duty and a Hope | 6/9/1987 | See Source »

...FIST operation was also cost effective. The Federal Government paid $1.7 million for the program, or about $800 per fugitive captured. Most of that expense might be made up by the arrest in Sonoma County of accused Drug Trafficker Rexford Andrew Ramsey, 42. Agents confiscated his Sonoma ranch, valued at $1.5 million, two properties in Miami, three Formula One race cars and $500,000 in cash. If Ramsey is convicted, the Marshals Service auctions off the booty and hangs on to the proceeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIST by a K.O. | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Brandeis could also assert his power directly. Murphy unearths a rift that developed early in the New Deal. The Brain Trust, composed of Rexford Tugwell, Raymond Moley and Adolf Berle,posed attacking the Depression with big Government and monopolistic enterprises. This ran contrary to the Brandeis )ias against a strong central Government, Big Business in general, and many of the New Deal's collectivist approaches. "Bigness is always badness," became his familiar refrain. At one point, he threatened "to hold the Government control legislation unconstitutional from now on," unless the Administration reversed the Big Business trend in industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Powerbrokers THE BRANDEIS FRANKFURTER CONNECTION: | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

...omniscience. "If you had to start a campaign trip within ten days, we'd be in an awful fix," Speechwriter Rosenman told the would-be President. Roosevelt assigned Rosenman to recruit the idea men who were to become known as the Brains Trust, notably Columbia Professors Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell and Adolf A. Berle. But the Democratic platform of 1932 committed Roosevelt to Hooverian solutions: a balanced budget and a 25% cut in Government spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: F.D.R.'s Disputed Legacy | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

Enzo Montemurro, a fullback from Rexford, Ontario, stumbled off the field and collapsed during the game and soon lost consciousness. He remained in critical condition at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover...

Author: By Jeffrey E. Seifert, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Football Player Dies | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

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