Word: protesting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...went up all the way. First the Corsairs were shot from the catapults, then the big, rumbling Skyraider dive bombers; and after the propeller-driven craft were well away, the jets were brought forward. Started by motors hustled about the deck by tiny yellow jeeps, the Grumman Panthers shrieked protest, then raised their voices to a horrible, thundering howl as they shot from the catapults...
...sense of Congress was that the nation had to take the lesser gamble in order to keep its economy from being convulsed. But in its present mood, Congress was prepared to vote the whole $44 billion with scarcely an important voice raised in protest. Before the week was out, the House, by 311 to 1,* had voted Mahon's extra $16.7 billion. The $10 billion would come next...
...FACT IS THE ARMY . . . DECIDED THERE WOULD BE NO PROTEST OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND WARRANTED, AND VOLUNTEERED NONE EITHER TO ME OR MY OFFICE...
With a deep tooted farewell, the French Line's rebuilt Liberté last week nosed out of Le Havre into a Channel rainstorm and headed for New York. The "maiden voyage" of the world's third biggest liner had been delayed six hours by a last-minute protest strike of the ship's officers for a pay raise. Aboard the 49,850-ton, 936-ft. Liberté were Actress Irene Dunne, TV Star Jack Carter, French Line's President Jean Marie and 1,317 other passengers, few of whom could see any signs that the Liberte...
...Vanishing American. In Brooklyn, Mrs. George Hagopian, appearing in court to protest against the elevator service in her apartment building, testified that when she complained to the elevator operator, Chief Reindeer, he replied: "This is my country. You leave...