Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high last week upon a great round table in the lobby of the German Reichstag and labeled Schund und Schmutz (Trash and Smut). Deputies, austere or mirthful, looked at them. To do so was their duty. They were about to vote upon the third and final reading of the bill creating a censorship committee (TIME, Nov. 29), Irate, the opponents of the bill pointed out that the Bible and at least half the classics of German literature could be suppressed as "obscene" if the law went into effect. None the less the measure passed...
...Captain Bill Ellison leads a practically veteran sextet against- M. I. T. tonight. Excent for the position at goal, the Crimson is putting on a team composed entirely of "H" men, most of whom were considerable factors in carrying Harvard to the American college championship a year...
Willard Howard will share the defense honors with Capt. Bill Ellison. Both of these men have earned their insignia and have had considerable experience in the Harvard type of hockey, originated by Mr. Ralph Winsor, and emulated by the present coach and pupil of Mr. Winsor, Edward Bigelow...
...another until they resolve to split the business. Their lawyer-proposes a poker game, the partners play and brother Johns loses to brother Nettleton. By the contract, Johns becomes Nettleton's butler for one year, paying the sum of one hundred dollars for every act of unsubordination. The bill runs high. Johns is subjected to every indignity, including a meeting with his flancee in his houseman's garb, until he arouses his master's suspicion by being polite. The discovery that the contract is illegal is a cue for everybody to rejoice and join, in the finale...
Whether or not Governor William W. ("Plain Bill") Brandon of Alabama had "openers"* will never be known, for at that particular moment last week a deputy sheriff and raiding party rudely interrupted the gubernatorial poker game at McQueen's Camp near Magnolia Springs, Ala. Behind the Governor's chair the intruders found a half case of whiskey, and in the room he occupied with several friends there was a suitcase which clinked and gurgled mischievously. In all, 13 quarts of mellow liquor were confiscated. The Governor and his eight companions were arrested, appearing voluntarily at jail...