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There were some indications that there might be a motion to adjourn the Faculty meeting before it acts on punishment. This would give the various factions time for discussion of the Ad Board proposal...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Ad Board Narrows Sit-in Punishment Possibilities | 1/13/1969 | See Source »

...from France, and no one has taken his place. The students are now badly splintered into rival groups. When 1,000 militant students met last week in Marseille to form a common front against De Gaulle, they squabbled so badly that they could agree only on one motion-to adjourn. For their part, the workers lack both the will and the funds to go out on strike any time soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FRANCE'S MELANCHOLY MOOD | 1/3/1969 | See Source »

...also discussed the possibility of aiming its demonstration directly against the ROTC units in Shannon Hall instead of against the Faculty. One student suggested that the meeting adjourn early and go start a sit-in inside Shannon Hall immediately...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Blum, | Title: SDS Plans Sit-in at Faculty Meeting | 12/11/1968 | See Source »

...90th Congress is concerned, time's a-wastin'. With elections only a month off, its members are desperate to get their campaigns under way. Last week, for example, the 38 members of California's House dele gation decided to adjourn, come what may, at the end of this week. One of them explained simply: "We've got to get home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: No Blood from a Turnip | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

...unprecedented in California history, but apparently legal. The constitution states that a Governor may adjourn the state legislature when senate and assembly are in disagreement over adjournment. There was indeed disagreement. Senators had been pushing for adjournment for weeks, while Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh had been desperately seeking to keep his chamber in session. There is still plenty of unfinished business: Reagan's own program to reduce California's high property taxes, a $100 million school financing bill, increased workmen's compensation and disability benefits. The most important item: a $144 million deficit that is holding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: While the Cat's Away | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

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