Word: act
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...member of the Regency Council appointed to deputize for King George (TIME, Dec. 10, 1928), and for duty's sake he would shake hands with anyone. Relieved palace officials announced that His Majesty was "too ill" to receive the new Ambassador, that the Prince of Wales would act in his father's place...
...title and called itself what it really is: 'The Catholic Church'-Anglo-Catholic in England and American-Catholic in America? Then no Protestant minister would expect to be asked to share in officiating at its altars. He cannot, for the life of him, see why this act should be refused while the Episcopal Church calls itself Protestant...
When a newspaper prints an objectionable personal reference, you can shoot the editor, but usually your only legal redress is to sue for libel. Not so in Minnesota. There they have a "Newspaper Suppression Act," called by libertarians a "Gag Law." Last week State Chief Justice S. B. Wilson ruled that the law does not violate the constitutional provision guaranteeing freedom of the press...
...month truce was forced upon them by the biggest company among them, U. S.-owned International Paper Co. Not a member of the institute, free to act independently, International offered newsprint at $55.20 per ton until July 1, promising 30 days' notice of any price change after July...
Promoted. Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, polar explorer; to the rank of Rear Admiral, U. S. N., retired; by act of Congress...