Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...burly mortal visited the Olympian chamber of the U.S. Supreme Court one morning last week to see his former Cabinet colleague, Tom Clark, mount the bench for the first time. Confronted by a court attache as he searched for a seat, the visitor announced himself: "I'm Secretary Johnson." "What are you secretary of?" asked the attendant, unimpressed...
...SHINKLE Kissimmee Chamber of Commerce Kissimmee...
...sold him the gold at $35 an ounce (the open market price in Italy is about $50). Gold now backs 17% of Italy's currency. Technically, the difference between gold reserves and dollar reserves is not great, but psychologically Pella's stroke worked. Impressed, the Chamber of Deputies gave the government a two-to-one confidence vote...
...majority did as it was told, the 40 radical deputies in the 188-member Congress staged an unprecedented scene. One Radical took copies of Peron's new constitution, tore them to bits and threw them in the air. Another smashed a cup and saucer, skimmed the pieces at Chamber President Hector Cam-pora. Still others threw books, pens and pencils at their Peronista colleagues, meanwhile shouting oaths and obscenities. Balbin meanwhile had made a farewell speech and announced that he would present himself before a judge for trial...
...fifths of the private investment made by American interests abroad last year-totaling $1.5 billion-we are disturbed by the worsening of the investment climate in many countries." Holman thought that Point Four was certainly a fine idea-if it could be made to work. So did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This week it gave qualified support to the program-provided that the nations receiving the aid sign treaties "assuring fair treatment of American capital...