Word: acception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...solutions of the World Court problem shows the difficulties arising from the lamentable fifth reservation. The first of these solutions, to the effect that no opinion shall be given without the consent of the nation involved, would obviously deprive the Court of any influence--for no country would accept advice unless it were favorable. This was what happened in the recent boundary dispute between Finland and Russia consent was not forthcoming. The second solution, suggested by Senator Walsh, that a unanimous vote of the council be required before rendering an advisory opinion, is no more effective than the first...
...acres of private land, valued at $5,810,261. Senator Walsh and his colleague, Senator Wheeler, persuaded the Senate to amend the appropriation bill so as to prevent wholesale condemnation of these lands without discrimination between commercial projects and private dwellings. The House resented the change, declined to accept it in conference...
Mildly defiant, the Shipping Board answered the Senate obliquely by voting (6 to 1) to accept the Chapman bid, subject to further consultation...
...Junior divisional examination, then, sets up a false distinction for the specialist by eliminating the honors degree for the student with a broad interest in his field. More than this, it offers a convenient relief from extended general work to many who accept readily the label of "candidate for honors". What may seem, from the figures it can show, to be emancipation of the honors degrees, is really a narrowing device, which permits the passage of numbers that only cheapen the distinction degree. As a stricture on the fair application of the honors principle, the Junior divisional examination deserves...
...were offered by other Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill. The Senate called for publicity on all tax refunds of $10,000 or more; it supplied the next President with $250,000 to make a law enforcement survey. In the basement bargaining to follow, the House conferees might possibly accept these amendments provided the Senate backed down on its $24,000,000 dry fund. In the event of a deadlock, in conference, with neither branch of Congress receding, the entire $84,000,000 Deficiency bill would fail of passage...