Word: actes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...footnote was Letter-Writer O'Brien's, not TIME'S. And it was correct, not "hooey." "Dog-robbers" were called "strikers" often enough to get into Webster's Dictionary under "striker." U. S. Army officers were forbidden to use enlisted men as servants by Act of Congress July...
...features of Mayor Walker the previous week showed a jolly individual who might be a charter member of the Association for the repeal (or nonenforcement) of the Volstead Act...
Reapportionment. Twice since 1920 had the House passed legislation to reapportion itself and twice had the Senate failed to act. The Senate's passage of this reapportionment measure was the first in 18 years. The Senate bill largely copied the House bill of the last session (TIME...
Under its terms the House would keep its present size-435 members-and readjustments of representation would be automatically made by the executive branch of the government on the basis of the new census figures, if the Congress failed to act promptly...
...snob. You will find it is just as easy to marry the boss' daughter as the stenographer. Dress, speak and act like a gentleman and you will be surprised at the amount of murder you can get away with. Never buy a suit of clothes unless you can get an extra pair of trousers. Keep one suit of clothes pressed every week. Never buy shoes unless you buy shoe trees for them. Keep them shined, shave yourself and never wear the same collar at night which you wear...