Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inquisitive nine-year-old from Marblehead stumped the experts of the University Museum of Comparative Zoology last week with a query, "Can mules sit down...
...appointment did not sit well with those who feel that the President has too many military men in his official family, but most aviation men seemed pleased...
...case the Republication charge that the President was motivated by political considerations should provide limitless merriment to those who like to sit on the sidelines and watch the pot calling the kettle black...
...American people-the only people in the world who thought of an ideal first and then built a state around it-will prove in the long run happier, freer, and more creative when they carry that ideal of a free society out into the world, than if they sit at home to hug it to themselves. ... I suspect that Americans will find initiative and action so much more to their taste than any panic-stricken waiting on what destiny may bring...
...Scientific Research and Development) to make all the scientific arms work in concert. Chairman is John R. Steelman, the President's assistant, who will keep the White House informed on scientific doings. Government agencies concerned with science (from Agriculture to Veterans Administration) will supply one member each to sit on the committee. The principal duties of the committee: to coordinate federal research, recommend new projects, keep in touch with non-Government scientists through their learned societies...