Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These were some of the chief hot spots. There were many others, especially in Congressional races. One forecast predicted Republican victories in seven out of ten Congressional contests outside the Solid South. This would give Republicans control of the House. Sober Democratic estimates agreed on a Republican gain of 20 to 25 in the House; many Republicans felt that would be enough. They did not want control of the House now, with a Democratic President and Senate. But anything might happen...
...makes his own breakfast and gets to his office about 5:20. By 8 a.m. he has whisked through the Associated Press copy and typed out three solid columns of editorials. At 8:10 he holds an editorial conference; at 8:25 he walks downstairs, across a catwalk on the second-story roof and into the broadcasting studio of WRNL. Half of Richmond is giving ear when the Doctor goes on the air at 8:30 with his morning news and homily. The station people are awed by his ability to spin out a steady, mellifluous 15-minute newscast without...
...after Alabama's Congressman John J. Sparkman), which tries to guarantee that no soldier shall return to find his home foreclosed, his insurance policies lapsed and his family out in the street. The new law bolsters earlier attempts to protect the serviceman, plugs the loopholes, sets up as solid a protective fence as any soldier could ask for. Outstanding provisions...
...Prensa's front page is solid (save for a small box for important headlines) with classified ads. So, usually, are the following six pages-one reason the paper nets a million dollars or more annually. Lately La Prensa has made some concessions to modernity: it now carries two comic strips, occasional news pictures...
...Solid (6 ft. 2) John Wayne, 35, found it very easy to get into films, and very slow going, after he got there. Wayne, born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, was raised on a California ranch. At the University of Southern California he picked up the nickname "Duke," was an honor student. Vacations, he worked as a truck driver, an iceman, a prop...