Word: amends
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been the fashion to speak lightly of negro talent, and to say, for example, that "Dixie to Broadway" is very good indeed--for a colored revue. We would amend this fashion and say that the show which opened at the Majestic Monday night is good enough for anybody--and far better than most of the Inanities...
Lords. The House of Lords was expected to amend the bill and send it back to the Commons. This is to give the Conservatives a chance to vote for the amendments (which have no chance of being carried), thereby placing the responsibility for the bill entirely on the shoulders of the Government. The bill is then to be sent back to the House of Lords in its original form; but their lordships, satisfied that the onus of responsibility is not shared by Conservatives, will pass the bill, which will then become law after the Royal Assent has been obtained. That...
...recommendation that State Bar Associations work for the passage of the Norris resolution to amend the Constitution so that Congress would meet the first Monday in January and the President and Vice President be inaugurated the third Monday of that month...
...Romanward wing of the Anglican Church won a great victory in London last week when the House of Clergy voted, 176-91, to amend the Prayer Book to permit "reservation of the Sacrament...
...days later, on the closing day of the session, Mr. La Follette called up his resolution. Senator James A. Reed proposed to amend it by enlarging the scope of the investigation to include candidates for Senator. The Senate agreed to the amendment. The resolution was put to the "ayes" and "nays" and was passed without a dissenting vote...