Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bricker suggested that a commission be formed, similar to the Hoover group now studying the executive branch of the government, to investigate the divisions of power between the levels of government. Gaus commented that the proposal was "all right," but that it "wouldn't do too much good...
While CBS Board Chairman William Paley was proving once again that this is a year for underdogs, NBC was crying "Foul!" Though trade papers had banner-lined that he had made similar-but smaller-offers to keep Benny, President Niles Trammell announced primly that NBC would "continue to refuse" any part in capital gains deals "until the U.S. Treasury says that such transactions are lawful . . ." Scoffed a CBS spokesman: "Mr. Trammell's statement is unwarranted and reflects unfairly on many creative artists who have done no more than abide by our tax laws like any businessman or corporation...
President Conant in his recent book, "Education in a Divided World," favored a federal scholarship program. A similar project had also been outlined by President Truman's Commission on Higher Education...
...before going on, let me give you a little background on the Burnham School. It is in Northampton, and bristles with rules similar to the one about telephone calls. One of them, for instance, says that a girl can't go out--even with her uncle or her first cousin--unless an official middle-aged female chaperone goes along...
...instance, Newman has been called "fuzzy-minded" because he opposes Bloomfield's policy of putting "reds, pinks, near-pinks, and 'fellow-travelers'" all in the same basket of questionable loyalty. Similar accusations of mental mushiness were tossed at the opponents of the Barnes Bill last year. The Barnes Bill would have made it illegal for a teacher to approve any Communist Party doctrines--doctrines which include both dictatorship of the proletariat and support of the United Nations. This should make it clear who is "fuzzy-minded...