Word: spared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cannot claim to be a government by the people when in some states only those who can spare the $2 for poll tax are allowed a voice in their government. Mr. Crump takes advantage of the poll tax to further his political status...
...story: Robert Walker, a bellhop, becomes the personal attendant of Hedy Lamarr, a mythical European princess briefly visiting a hotel on Manhattan's Central Park South. Infatuated, he no longer has time or heart to spare for June Allyson, a little cripple who loves him. No objet d'art in the royal suite is insurable against his awed backward stumblings and heel-clackings...
...Spare, ascetic T.U.C. General Secretary Sir Walter Citrine did his tactful best to smooth the waters. But the Congress bore Meany no hard feelings. From the rank&-file members of the T.U.C. he received a handsome gold watch. The presentation was made by President Edwards. Said he, twinkling: "This is not Lend-Lease...
...kept too busy at the White House-the President's health being what it is. Besides giving his No. 1 patient a daily once-over, the Colonel hopes to continue surgery at Walter Reed (so long as he stays in the Army) and teach in his spare time. Said he: "I asked Dad if this was a political appointment, because I like to stay away from that sort of thing, and Dad said:'No, it certainly...
...along the line, lifting a Russian chin now & again with an umbrella handle, for closer scrutiny. The Germans are shopping for slaves. Girl 217 (Elena Kuzmina) goes to a pudgy, henbrained grocer's wife and shares a room with another Russian slave, who is trying, in his scant spare time, to keep up his scientific work...