Word: ayes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is drama in all things, even in misunderstanding. Last week a Senator (Harreld of Oklahoma) walked into the Senate while a vote was in progress. His name was called. He answered "Aye." One portion of the House smiled triumphantly-they knew that this one vote gave them victory. But the Senator who had been out of the Chamber began to think-he had misunderstood how the question was put. He rose and altered his vote from "Aye" to "Nay." The bill was beaten. One set of faces ceased to smile, another set began. This was what happened when...
...international justice"; to recognize Russia and so end "the pompous folly of standing aloof from the Russian Government"; to encourage trade "from the coasts of Japan to the coasts of Ireland"; to deal with unemployment by creating a Labor Department "staffed by men and women of labor experience; experience, aye, and knowledge, the spirit, insight and capacity to put themselves in the shoes of the unemployed and of the children-for the first time an administrative will consider the problem of unemployment from a human point of view"; to break any trusts which he found increasing the cost of building...
...London town, so be it when the ships go down, aye even unto Zanzibar...
...operators retired for a caucus. They returned and a vote was taken. The four miners voted "Aye"; the four operators voted...