Word: backrow
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...night before adjournment the gentleman from Oklahoma got the floor and continued to hold it through to the end by the simple method of refusing to yield to other Senators. From his backrow seat he talked slowly, steadily about Oil, pausing now and then to catch his breath while fumbling through stacks of papers on his desk. He reviewed the entire industry ; at great length he tried to give his colleagues a concept of ten billion dollars; he talked about Indians; he drawled over long wordy contracts. Nobody listened...
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