Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Phil Murray had tried every other kind of cure, including just trying not to think about it. He had warned left-wing leaders to quit acting like Communists or get out. But the trouble still persisted. Party-liners continued to defy him. There was nothing left to do but use the knife...
This rare use of a selective kind of "vest-pocket veto" was apt to ruffle the feelings of many a Congressman, since the House had voted 305 to 1 for the ten extra air groups. But a majority of the Senate was on the President's side and had only reluctantly agreed to the House increase to speed adjournment...
...moralistic New York Daily News. "If U.S. citizenship were to be conferred only on alien married people and virgins of both sexes-well, we ask you." The Immigration Service sulked. It announced sturdily that it would continue to apply its "normal Christian standards." Snapped an official: "There is no use to subject the rest of the country, to the moral standards, if any, in New York...
...interspersed here and there with the usual Victorian monstrosities. He lives in a smallish room and has a male biddy, and has to walk to the basement for his bathroom and washroom. This latter difficulty is somewhat lessened by the existence of mop basins on each floor, which Princetonians use for face-washing and other purposes...
Flexibility of use was obtained by adopting the modular system of construction. This in practice, came about by constructing the interior of the library in uniform units of space, 18-feet by 24-feet, and bounded at the four corners by supporting columns. These dimensions were chosen because of their suitability for the open stacks, and seminar, office and carrel arrangements...