Word: adjourning
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...that he had turned up "no major abuses,'' puzzled some businessmen by adding: "I didn't expect to find any." Although Fulbright can resume hearings in the next fortnight or issue some kind of face-saving report, old Washington hands thought he would be happy to adjourn his investigation indefinitely. Democrats know the study is, at best, doing them no good. At worst. if the market skidded or business turned down, Democrats would be blamed...
...amendment onto the budget bill to prohibit the use of state funds for any toll-road purpose. When the budget got to the House-Senate Conference Committee, Craig announced that he would refuse to sign a budget bill that included the amendment. Instead, he would let the assembly adjourn, then immediately call it into special session and present a new budget bill...
...them by merrymaking bridal parties. Delhi Glass Manufacturer Bawa Bachittar, marrying off two daughters in a joint ceremony, put up huge arches sheathed in flashing mirrors, and strung 30,000 colored lights along half a mile of roadway leading to his house. The Delhi state assembly was forced to adjourn because members had to attend so many wedding ceremonies...
...Turkey. When Iraq refused to budge, the angry Premier demanded that the other league members join him in reading Iraq out of the league's collective security arrangements. Most of the others shared Egypt's irritation but demurred at going so far. Instead, they persuaded Nasser to adjourn the session while a planeload of Arab League representatives flew off to Baghdad to try to argue Iraq's Premier Nuri es-Said back into the fold...
...shown by generations of Senators, against any invocation of the executive defense against congressional fishing expeditions. True to form, both Democratic and Republican Senators fell for Joe's line that the investigation would be crippled because of Eisenhower's instructions to Witness Adams. The committee decided to adjourn the hearings until next week. Meanwhile, Chairman Mundt was instructed to seek modification of the President's decision against testimony on the Adams-Adams-Lodge conference...