Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pending bills (see THE CONGRESS), and what he would do about them if passed in such-and-such forms, kept President Coolidge busily occupied, conferring, suggesting, protesting, making himself felt, making himself clear. The Senate's latest program of tax reduction had his approval; the McNary-Haugen farm marketing bill was probably riding to a veto; the Senate's flood-control bill was dubious and when it passed the House and went to conference, President Coolidge received its proponents again & again. He yielded stubbornly to their insistences and insisted on points of his own. The new week began...
Tomorrow the ultimatum of the British government to the Prime Minister of Egypt expires. If by seven o'clock steps have not been taken to stop the passage through the Egyptian legislature of the Assemblies Bill the bill which practically guarantees the Egyptian enemies of Britain free speech--the British government will take "such action as it sees fit." The British warships that have set sail from Malta with their destination unrevealed seem to show that Britain is anticipating serious trouble...
When the Prime Minister was asked how such a statement could be squared with the Cabinet's support of the Votes For Flappers Bill, he frowned and brusquely replied: "If there has been an error of judgment on Lord Birkenhead's part, that is the worst that...
...York Times has filed a bill in equity against the Boston American, charging piracy of copyrighted articles of Charles Augustus Lindbergh on May 23, 24, 31, June 1, asking damages of not more than $1 for each copy of the Boston American containing those articles...
...Chicago was important enough to have an impending descendant talked about in print? A McCormick? A Swift? A Wrigley? An Insull? Whatever may have been their anticipations, none of these were named last week as prospective parents. Perhaps then a politician or a gangster was expecting: was Big Bill Thompson about to be a parent? Scar-Face Al Capone, had he a blushing hope ? Or was it Len Small who was soon to gain an issue...