Word: van
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With results nearly complete, the Christian Social Party, a revamped and somewhat liberalized version of the old conservative Catholic Party, led the field with 90 of the 202 Chamber seats, a gain of 17 over its prewar strength. Runner-up was Premier Achille van Acker's Socialist Party with 69 (prewar: 64). The Communists took 24 seats (prewar: 9), the middle-road Liberals toppled to 17 (prewar: 33). Neither the Catholics nor the leftists were now able to rule alone. The Liberals, enfeebled as they were, could still tip the scale either...
Last week, the Securities & Exchange Commission dropped a wrench in Handy Andy's plans. It charged that Manhattan brokers Van Alstyne, Noel & Co., specifically David Van Alstyne Jr.*, had sold stock in Higgins, Inc., before its stock registration statement had been filed with SEC. If the charges are proved, SEC may revoke, or suspend the brokerage company's permit to deal in securities. If that happens, Andy Higgins may have to shop around for another broker...
...result of the charges, Van Alstyne, who had planned to run for governor of New Jersey on the Republican ticket, withdrew...
...monks of the Abbey Van Berne in Holland hid their rarest volumes in local farmhouses; virtually all were destroyed. In Manila it was the same story...
Veteran cinemaddicts have long known by heart most of the public details* of Clark Gable's private life. But moviegoing youngsters may find it hard to believe that Gable was already going great guns when Van Johnson was just learning to shave, and Frank Sinatra growing out of knee pants...