Word: transaction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Albizu lives today a quarter of a mile from La Fortaleza, suspiciously forcing his sides to transact their business with him through a peephole in his apartment door. His name is still the rally word for Island and mainland nationalist fanatics. Lolita Lebron went to great pains to include the following note in her purse which was made public when she was arrested in the gallery of the House...
...sell the stock? No, said Erwin Wilson. If he sold, he would have to pay a big capital-gains tax (estimates ranged up to several hundred thousand). Some of the Senators pointed out that the U.S. law is clear on the point involved: no officer of the Government may transact business with any firm in which he has a financial interest. General Motors is the Defense Department's biggest supplier, holds approximately 7.8% of the dollar volume of all the department's contracts. Wilson seemed astonished to learn that there was such a law. Said he stolidly: "What...
...European is astonished to see nearly one thousand men prepare to transact the two most difficult pieces of business an assembly can undertake, the solemn consideration of their principles, and the selection of the person they wish to place at the head of the nation, in the sight and hearing of twelve or fourteen thousand other men and women...
...pass it. Its practically the same as the old constitution, except for three changes. One, we'll only need fifth instead of a fourth of the membership for a quorum and two, we'll only have five instead of eleven executives. That way, it'll be easier to transact business. The third change is a provision for impeaching an officer who commits an act detrimental to the club...