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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The ability of the Democratic majority to move the Administration legislative program through the Eighty-first Congress is expected to meet revealing tests in the House and Senate this week.
THE War Cabinet met at 10 a.m. on the 17th [of May, 1940] and I gave them an account of my visit to Paris, and of the situation so far as I could measure it.
Spellman, (Cardinal) Francis Joseph
charges and defense pleas revd
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1949Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician[â ]
Jacques Duchesneau, is a Canadian politician, civil servant, former chief of police, and former president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. Duchesneau was a member of the Quebec National Assembly for the riding of Saint-JérÎme from 2012 to 2014, elected under the Coalition Avenir Québec banner.
1949Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (died 2022)[â ]
Alan Charles "Nuff" Lancaster was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was also one of the lead vocalists on albums and live concerts, taking the lead on tracks such as "Backwater", "Is There a Better Way", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues".