Word: ascertained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican whip. The whip's function is to circulate among the members of his party, sound them out in regard to specific measures, discover whether any of them had made embarrassing commitments that would prevent them from lining up with the others on a given bill, ascertain what amendments would make a bill acceptable to individual members of his group and generally try to line up the party vote. It is an important post, and Mr. Curtis has shown himself able in filling...
...resignation of Professor George Pierce Baker '87 Professor of Dramatic Literature at the University was officially announced last night. It came as a complete surprise to everyone connected with the University. No reason was given for Professor Baker's action and it was impossible to ascertain at a late hour last night just what action will be taken by the University authorities in regard to the continuance of Professor Bakers courses...
...Byrne is a Roman Catholic. Of the four other Fellows of the College Bishop William Lawrence '71 of Boston is an Episcopalian and John F. Moors '83 of Boston is a Unitarian. It was not possible to ascertain last night what were the religious affiliations of Henry P. Walcott '58 of Cambridge or of Thomas N. Perkins '91 of Boston, who recently resigned his position...
...experiments will be conducted to ascertain the profitability of establishing commercial airlines between important U. S. cities...
...reason difficult to ascertain, in those days, as indeed often today, the criminal was regarded as an evil does by his own volition Remedy punish the culpit until his tortured flesh makes his mind swear nevermore Humanitarian impulses gradually lessened the severity of this punishment, but the conception of the criminal as one who is mentally diseased or one who was made such by the cruel forces of social environment has but slowly gained acceptance...