Word: two
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chief J. Edgar Hoover was down for a $1,000 raise in the original bill. When it reached the floor, two members suggested he get a $3,500 raise instead, and the proposal was quickly adopted by voice vote. His new salary: $17,500 a year...
...paintings, 96 were recovered . .. The Jan Steen (Effects of Intemperance) mentioned in your article . . . had been sold to a Munich businessman, a strange character who in two years had risen from nothing to become the foremost buyer of art objects in that city. Upon learning that Military Government was looking for the Jan Steen he hid it in a garage. There, behind a false wall, it was discovered...
Vandenberg sat down to thunderous applause from Democrats and Republicans alike. The last stubborn opponents of the pact seemed to be a mere handful-but a two-thirds majority was necessary for approval...
...knew there were "at least 300 people in Washington" in the same racket, selling their knowledge of Washington ways to businessmen who want government contracts; 3) he couldn't understand why people would "pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt, who was a wartime colonel] when at least two major generals are in the same racket"; 4) the entire subject was "silly...
...Devil, a big red fox which haunted the countryside, had run his favorite hound to death. For years Nunn devoted himself to hunting King Devil while his children grew more bitter, his wife Milly more resigned. When impoverished Nunn Ballew sold some of his livestock and paid $70 for two pedigreed hounds, to raise them from pups with no purpose in life except to catch King Devil, he was ashamed to face his family and his neighbors. To his astonishment they were overwhelmed with pride and admiration-"the onliest real fine things we've ever had"-and the dogs...