Word: taking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Strong Backing. In Zanesville, Ohio, charged with intoxication, Maynard Bradford won a suspended fine when he told the judge, "There's no one home to take care of my seven snapping turtles...
...responsible for 74 electoral votes. I have never before admitted to her that I thought that was an underestimate. Now in 1956, a man came in with what was obviously a rather preposterous proposal. Finally she said to me, 'If you do that, I'll take my 74 electoral votes and walk...
...Letts's order would be dissolved by an appellate court. Last week Jimmy Hoffa got the shock of his busy life: three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals not only upheld the bulk of Judge Letts's order, but gave it teeth that seemed likely to take a big bite out of Hoffa in his ruthless drive for power...
Effective immediately, the Court of Appeals empowered the monitors to take any recommendations rejected by the Teamsters into federal court. The court would examine the recommendations, modify them if necessary, then pass them on as formal court orders. Failure to comply could bring Hoffa in contempt of court. Specifically, the appeals court required Hoffa to get hopping on a score of reforms. Among them...
...Hoffa must investigate and take disciplinary measures against Owen ("Bert") Brennan of Detroit, an international vice president of the Teamsters and one of Hoffa's closest cronies, accused of using union welfare funds to pay a prize fighter he once managed...