Word: absently
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kindly explain what you mean by a "pair" referring to p. 13, Nov. 16 issue where you speak of absent Congressmen whose vote can be canceled out therewith...
...legislative pair is a gentleman's agreement between two members, who if present would vote on opposite sides, to withhold their votes if one or the other is absent. A and B are paired. A is absent. B will not vote. But C, on B's side, is also absent but unpaired. B arranges to transfer his pair with A to C and then is free to vote, while the uncast votes of A and C cancel themselves out in the total...
...Beta Kappa, too, "extemporaneous disputes" and carefully prepared papers in opposite composition" were the regular fare at the fortnightly meetings. Even in those days college students had considerable aversion to doing unnecessary work, and there are many reports of meetings containing such statements as "Brother -- being absent the extemporaneous dispute was omitted," and "Brothers -- & -- being absent there were no performances." Yet most of the discussions scheduled were apparently held; and the subjects treated at these meetings have a particular interest, for they include current affairs, speculative questions, potentially humorous topics, debates on academic subjects; and a number of these...
When the whistle blows today local sympathy will be somewhat unbalanced, but the team that has crossed a continent will know that its support, though absent, is just as strong. And although decorum insists that hosts be impartial, it is only natural that Harvard should not be indifferent to the fortunes of the Green...
...doubtful legislators at the Lochiel Hotel, Harrisburg. ''In addition to other entertainment, the guests were provided with all the food they could eat, all the liquor they could drink, beds, valets, and music. And inasmuch as at no time were all the guests incapacitated or otherwise absent, Penrose never left the ball room, the center of the merry-making." Typical Penrose meal: "A dozen raw oysters, chicken gumbo, a terrapin stew, two canvasback ducks, mashed potatoes, lima beans, macaroni, asparagus, cole slaw and stewed corn, one hot mince pie and a quart of coffee. All of which...