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According to C. C. Leatherbee '29, president of the Harvard Dramatic Club, Garfield and Whiteside, attorneys for the Club, have pursuaded Mayor Nichols of Boston to appoint a board of censors to reconsider the repression of the play, "Fiesta", in Boston. Their plea was granted on the grounds that the previous condemnation had been made by incapable persons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILL RECONSIDER H.D.C. PRODUCTION | 1/10/1929 | See Source »

Though hope in the recovery of George V remained throughout Great Britain last week, the King-Emperor himself made wise provision for the worst. Realizing that matters requiring his signature or decision were piling up, His Majesty expressed a desire to convoke the Privy Council and appoint a regency pro tempore. Cautiously the Royal physicians sought to divert the sick man from this purpose, fearing that the excitement and pomp of a meeting of the Privy Council might overtax his weakened heart. The patient remained adamant. Therefore the text of a suitable Order in Council was speedily drafted, members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: George V | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

...appointment of the Red Book officers by this representative Freshman board is a departure from the custom of having the class officers appoint the chief editors of the staff. More than two months is gained by this new method for it will be possible to have the whole staff picked by the end of a competition in January instead of in March or April as in previous years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXECUTIVE BOARD TO CHOOSE RED BOOK CHAIRMEN TONIGHT | 12/11/1928 | See Source »

That the U. S. State Department nominate, and Nicaragua's president appoint, a Collector-General and an Auditor-General for Nicaragua, both to be Americans, to safeguard the U. S. interests involved and ensure Nicaraguan stability. These officers "would be welcomed by the Nicaraguan people," asserted Dr. Cumberland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Cumberland Report | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

...least one paramount decision was taken by the crowned head alone. The situation was that the House of Lords persisted in vetoing bills designed to reduce its power which were repeatedly passed by the Commons. The only way to break the Lords' veto was for the King to appoint (or threaten to appoint) sufficient new Peers pledged to pass the bill to outnumber the Lords who were opposed. The Commons were legally impotent to force George V to take this step. A rash King, or a stubborn or a mad, might have stood against his Commons, and blocked progressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: George V | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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