Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such a philosophy is wholly admirable. It leaves no place for commercialism, and it demands a type or coach of as fine a character as graces the professorial chairs. "Bill" Bingham was introduced to his audience by Vice President Garcelon as "the character-builder." The man who is building character into his teams also is creating winners. The Boston Transcript...
Some significance may lie in the circumstance that a majority of the Republicans who voted for the conservative Steck hailed from the east, while a majority of those Democrats who favored Brookhart were westerners. Thus the division as occurred earlier this season on the amendments to the appropriation bill. It is a reminder that while the two party system in America is a persistent tradition, it often assumes the properties of a phantom. In yet another light, the recurrence of this sectional line-up, which is essentially an arraignment of farm against town indicates a cleavage not unknown to American...
...provided that they sleep sufficiently quietly." Amid the ensuing guffaw many a slumberer was rudely awakened. At last, after 18 hours of debate, with 257 members still present, a temporary adjournment was moved and carried by a show of hands as the members stretched, yawned. The economy bill continued pending...
Spoliation? Debate on the Government bill for state regulation and unification of the electrical industry evoked serious opposition from the Government's own ranks. Sir Charles Wilson, arch Conservative, nicknamed "the Kaiser of Leeds," flayed the bill: "It envisions "something worse than nationalization?spoliation!" None the less, a vote of 325 to 127 carried the measure past its second reading...
...python, Labero put to sleep crocodiles, hens, guinea pigs, rabbits, a boa constrictor. Came an eagle. The eagle fastened its beak deeply into the hand gnawed by the python, but toppled over unconscious at the same moment that Labero fainted from loss of blood. The next subject on the bill was a lion. Said critics: "It's lucky Labero fainted...