Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brilliant political career. When a vacancy in the federal Senate occurred in the Argentine province of Catamarca three years ago, Deputy Saadi, the son of Syrian immigrants, was elected to the job by his Peronista colleagues in the provincial legislature. In Buenos Aires, Senator Saadi rose rapidly -to chairman of an important committee, then to floor leader of the Peronista majority. But one day he made a little mistake; during a closed session of the Senate he arose to object to the presence of "an outsider." The outsider happened...
Asked about a hydrogen bomb, the AECommissioners refused to comment. Said Chairman David E. Lilienthal: "All weapon information is classified...
...campaign, backed by Lutherans, Episcopalians, and many Jews who feel that Christmas should be restored to its religious meaning, will stress the remaining weeks of Advent as a time of preparation by penance and prayer. Said Mrs. Fred J. Vollmar, chairman of the St. Boniface Archconfraternity, last week: "We must become more Christ-minded about Christmas . . . We have given prominence to a worldly Santa Claus-who has no resemblance to St. Nicholas-and have entirely left out the thought of the birth of the Savior...
...Manhattan Tax Lawyer Morton Baum, chairman of City Center's executive committee (and a director of the Metropolitan Opera as well), the enthusiasm seemed to justify a little spreading out. This season Balanchine was able to add to his repertory four ballets, including Firebird and a smashing new Bourèe Fantasque premièred later in the week...
Died. Frank Chambless Rand, 73, onetime president (1916-30) and board chairman (since 1930) of International Shoe Co., biggest in the U.S. (it makes more than 11% of all U.S. shoes); in St. Louis...