Word: wallet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...July 6), the battle to extend the excess profits tax for six months was won. Last week Ways & Means sent an extension bill to the floor. During the five-hour debate, Virginia's Democrat Howard Smith compared the Administration to a highwayman who says: "Now give me your wallet. I know I ought not to do it . . . but I need the money, and I give you my solemn assurance ... I will never do it to you again." Smith's sally drew laughs, including a hearty peal from Dan Reed. But when the vote came, it was an overwhelming...
Sinner in Our Midst. In Fort Worth, while the Rev. Arizona Brisco, assistant pastor of the Rising Star Baptist Church, was waist-deep in the crowded baptismal pool, a thief made off with his trousers, wallet...
Capacity to Pay. In Davenport, Iowa, when Displaced Person Ignauy Stachal told police that he was broke and needed a place to sleep, he got a cell in the municipal jail, was politely ushered out next morning when the cops found $1,023 in his wallet...
Professional Advice. In Sacramento, a stranger joined Robert L. Bowen in a bar, warned him against carrying his wallet in his hip pocket, demonstrated how easily it could be stolen, a few drinks later, disappeared with...
When jaded appetite and flat wallet demand food that is at once exotic and inexpensive, the answer is Chinatown. From plush oriental trappings, reminiscent of a tong-war movie, to a chrome and linoleum decor, Chinese restaurants provide all setting for your meal. Prices are standard, staggered between $1.50 and two dollars, and the menus vary little between the different places...