Word: turndowns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...words; 13-year-old Donald could barely dress himself. They were tragic "in-betweens," not quite eligible to enter even Denver's special schools for retarded children, yet not so hopeless that they had to be shut away in a state institution. Said stouthearted Joe, after his last turndown: "If there's no school 'that can help my kids, by golly I'll build one myself...
...year ago and Bethlehem's up 1.9%, Allegheny Ludlum was in the red, Republic and Inland's nets were off 23%, Jones & Laughlin's 44%, and ten other companies showed corresponding decreases. Nearly all the oil companies were down and many another industry showed a turndown when compared with 1948's third quarter, an alltime record...
...after the House committee's turndown, Russia became WHO's 24th permanent member. It was the first specialized agency Russia has joined, the only one the U.S. has not joined. When two more nations join, the "interim commission" will become a permanent agency...
...Haynes has suffered only one turndown-from the Plumbers & Steam Fitters union, on the grounds that such exceptions would create an unfortunate precedent. "Your people don't belong in these big industrial centers," a union official told him. Haynes replied that his church is working on a back-to-the-country campaign...
High churchmen, however, took a different view. To them the Joint Commission's report had looked more like a proposal for their Church's liquidation than for its union. These saw the convention's turndown as no evasion but a prerequisite for any real first step toward merger...