Word: allowances
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Great was the tension in the Senate last week as that body approached a vote on the export debenture feature of its farm relief bill. Informal polls showed an almost even balance of sentiment for and against the proposal to allow, to farm surplus exporters, bounties equal to one-half the tariff rates on their commodities. There were 47 Senators opposed to debentures, 46 Senators in favor, one Senator undecided, one Senator sick and not yet sworn in. With the outcome so uncertain, Vice President Charles Curtis braced him self for the emergency of having to vote to break...
What the Jury Was Not Told. Judge Burrows refused to allow the defense to call any of a large group of witnesses who were at hand to testify as to the reasons why the Medical Review of Reviews had first published the article, or why the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., churches, Union Theological Seminary, and various social organizations had distributed thousands of copies of The Sex Side of Life during the past ten years...
Although the consent of Cornell has not yet been procured to allow Tech to enter the Harvard-Cornell race on Saturday, due to the postponement of the races last Saturday, it is expected that Cornell will consent to a triangular regatta since there seems to be no other convenient way to arrange for the Crimson to match up with her downstream rivals...
...further decided to lengthen the period of time covered by the facts contest from eight months to ten months. The general character of the competition will remain unchanged. The three hour examinations will not be divided but it is intended to allow contestants to spend the time to their best advantage instead of requiring a certain number of minutes to be spent on each question...
...will find this date inconvenient on account of Freshman athletic contests, but such will be the case on every Saturday of the Spring term. The Class Officers, in selecting this date, chose it as the most favorable in regard to these contests. As the Dean's Office does not allow the dance to be held during the middle of the week, Friday is the only permissible day on which it may take place. Also the Dean's Office does not permit it to occur after the close of the respective seasons, because it would come during Final Examinations. I should...