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Word: adjournments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They had assumed that June heat, plus the imminent G. O. P. convention, would make Congressmen more than glad to grind out the necessary Defense legislation and adjourn as quickly as they could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On the Job | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...Make up their minds whether to adjourn early (as Franklin Roosevelt and his Democrats wish) or run right up to the G. O. P. and Democratic conventions, when the Congressional politicians will begin to find out how well they have done their work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Undone | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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