Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidential election the Supreme Court has thrown a bomb into the lap of the American people which should do much to crack the wall of adoration surrounding the Constitution. The five-to-four decision invalidating the New York minimum wage law for adult women shows that from now on "due process of law" will be as effective in preventing the individual states from enlisting social legislation as it was when Congress tried to do the same for the District of Columbia in the twenties...
...placid ending of the Congressional session has become wholly unlikely since Messers Frazier and Lemke planted their inflation bomb in the House. The implications of this bill are many and various, but for the moment they seem to be largely of a political nature...
Recent developments in the Curley bombing outrage came last night with the issuance of a statement by Dean Hanford concerning the attitude of the University toward undergraduate bombing. Dean Hanford produced the statement which follows in response to inquiries into the Governor Curley vs Harvard Freshmen candy bomb case. The statement is: "Following the University's usual policy, no statement concerning disciplinary action on undergraduates will be made...
Davis disclaimed all knowledge of the bomb but said that he believed that his name had been signed by other Weld hall residents in revenge for certain practical jokes he had played on them. He refused to divulge the name of these persons unless they gave permission...
Farmer's statement is as follows: "In retaliation for a certain practical joke played on me by G. M. Davis, I sent in his name the so-called joke bomb consisting of candy, and alarm clock, and excelsior to Governor Curley, hoping to embarrass Davis with unwanted publicity...