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Word: bill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...voted to unseat Lorimer; but in 1911 he had voted to seat him; and that, considering the mandate of his party nationally and the mandate of his party locally, was, from the point of view of regularity, about fifty-fifty. Similarly, in 1927 Curtis voted for the McNary-Haugen bill and exhausted every other possibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/9/1928 | See Source »

...Amended and passed the House Bill, authorizing $398,000,000 for the Army's military and non-military operations, which include flood damage inspection; sent it to conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...Adopted a conference report on the $720,000,000 Appropriations Bill for the Interior Department; sent the Bill to the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...posting of 300 policemen to guard other city officials' homes, especially Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson's. Two families in the Thompson apartment building took good advice and moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Chicago Pineapples | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...Said rollicking Bill, the sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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