Word: rids
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Partisan League split up, part of it going over to the Democratic Party, the other part joining the regular Republicans. In that breakup, the Republicans got saddled with U.S. Senator Bill Langer. And having got him, last week they tried to get rid of him: the state G.O.P. convention voted 348 to 177 on its fifth ballot to dump Wild Bill Langer, 71, in favor of Lieutenant Governor Clyde Duffy, 68. The convention vote will not prevent Langer from running in the party's June primary-and no one who knows stubborn Bill Langer thinks he will do anything...
...thin coat of silicon monoxide. This material is transparent to visible light from the sun, which it permits the polished aluminum to reflect back into space. But it looks black to the long infra-red (heat) waves. Since black surfaces radiate well, it permits the satellite to get rid of its internal heat by radiation. The system seems to be working well. Both transmitters have reported that the temperature inside Vanguard I is staying at a reasonable level, certainly below the point where the germanium transistors in the electrical circuits will be damaged...
...brother Frank had made and lost nearly $1,000,000 in Chicago real estate ventures. His later success as a Broadway producer ("I believe in giving the customers a meat-and-potatoes show. Dames and comedy") brought in big money almost as fast as Todd got rid of it. The Hot Mikado (1939), Star and Garter (1942), Mexican Hayride (1944) and Up in Central Park (1945) were so successful that by 1947 Todd's creditors numbered more than 100 and sued him for more than...
Lyndon Johnson's ancestry reaches six generations back into Texas history. One great-grandfather was the second president of Baylor University. Another was a preacher who persuaded Sam Houston to get rid of his Indian mistress and stop drinking. Another was a member of the Texas legislature. Perhaps most important to Lyndon's future, his father was a member of the state legislature-and served there with Sam Rayburn...
...checkup, already a month overdue? Ike smiled again, admitted that he had been wondering the same thing himself. "I think maybe I should check up," he said. At week's end, having checked, he went to Walter Reed Hospital to take care of the tests and also get rid of a split upper left molar...