Word: acted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Andrew Jackson, who resented the Court as hotly as Thomas Jefferson had and Franklin Roosevelt does, struck at the foundation of its power by urging repeal of a crucial section of the Judiciary Act of 1789. Unsuccessful, and only partly mollified as death made vacancies for Democrats, the hard-bitten old Indian fighter crystallized his view of the Supreme Court in a traditional comment on the decision which first gave Indians their legal status as government wards, "John Marshall has made his decision," Jackson roared, "Now let him enforce...
Representing Harvard, will be Donald McDonald '39, F. Welch Pool '39, and Richard W. Sullivan '38. John A. Sullivan, Jr. '38, Secretary-Treasurer of the Council, will act as chairman of the debate. A dinner for the teams will be held in the Lowell House Dining Room at 6:45 o'clock. This is the launching of the extensive schedule, planned by the Council for this season...
...century old tradition of its greatest fort the shows that the feminist movement has come of age. When men and women can easily replace each other in office, the latter have won their equality. Dr. Wooley's attitude sorely hurts her own cause, for not only does she act in an unsportsmanlike way, but she tells the world that her group of women are rather unsure of their position, are sensitive and touchy about acceptance of their dogma...
...evolved from the old American Railway Association and the Association of Railway Executives, and which is currently spending a million dollars to plaster the nation with such new railway slogans as: ALL ABOARD! WE'RE GOING PLACES! And in choosing a man to head A.A.R. and "speak and act for the entire industry in matters of common concern," the Association's 150 member roads, picked John Jeremiah Pelley, a man who is not only ready and able to go places but in his 58 years has already been places...
...Fletcher heads A.A.R.'s legal department, likes to make speeches like the one he gave last week in St. Paul against government regulation and government ownership. Currently A.A.R. is lobbying, with the support of Labor, for the repeal of the "long-&-short haul" clause of the Interstate Commerce Act. This clause makes it illegal to charge less for, say, a haul over the same route between Chicago and Pittsburgh (471 mi.) than between Chicago and Cleveland (340 mi.) In competition with trucks and steamships which are not thus restricted, this is a serious handicap to the railroads. Counter-lobbying...