Word: talked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then that the Administration devised a new strategy suggested by canny old Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn: 1) keep Congress in session, let it talk itself out, hold its nose to the grindstone, and blame Republican obstructionism for Congress' inaction; 2) let Congress know that if it got down to work on what was left of the Truman program, it could go home...
...jowled but in his face remains most of the vigor of his younger self. You stop and think if the stories about his being on his deathbed when he was in jail at Danbury in 1946 have any truth in them. A capable conversationalist, Curley can talk on almost any subject with the facility of a specialist, the gift of a retentive memory stands by him well. From a small amount of reading, he is able to glean and store a warehouse of facts; one of the reasons that he was so valuable in the national campaign...
Dulles' supporters have stressed his experience in foreign affairs as United Nations delegate and a man who can "talk back to Stalin." They see him keeping Republican senators in line behind the bipartisan foreign policy...
...John L. Lewis Case--Lack of Power and a Mistake in the Use of Power" was the subject of a talk given by Zechariah Chafee, Jr., Langdell Professor of Law, in Langdell Court Room last night. The lecture was given as the first of two Chafee lectures sponsored by the Harvard Law School Forum...
Radcliffe's junior and senior classes will hold compulsory meetings this afternoon to talk over term plans...