Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called for a vote of confidence, an act of daring which he has studiously avoided for weeks, fearing defeat. Suddenly confronted with the necessity for decisive action, the Cartel split once more. Only its extreme left wing, the Communists and Unified Socialists, stood out against the Government. The bulk of the Cartel supported M. Briand, who emerged victorious 326 to 183. Observers remained completely skeptical as to the significance of this apparent "victory." Throughout its checkered career the Cartel has been "split" and yet reunited itself times without number. The legislative accomplishments of the week totaled exactly...
Motives. Most of the regular Republicans voted not to seat Mr. Nye. A small group of Democrats, a group which it was estimated are inclined to adhere closely to their legal opinions, did likewise. The bulk of the Democrats, the Insurgent Republicans and Progressives voted to seat Mr. Nye. There was much said about the real motives as distinct from the arguments openly advanced. It was said: 1) that the regular Republicans did not want another insurgent to disturb the narrow Republican margin of control; 2) that most of the Democrats wanted Mr. Nye for that very reason; 3) that...
...value of college to the man whose life is to be spent in the ordinary channels of industry and commerce. A recent report on college graduates as railway executives declared as much. The News has stated the idealistic view of college education, its aims and advantages. But the bulk of college students--not the best students in the finest colleges--but the mass of students in the general run of institutions from one end of the country to the other, are not seeking these things. They are not getting them. In theory the liberal college has to offer young...
...Texas, where they pay a $500 bonus for catching a rich man violating the liquor statutes, where the "unwritten law" and the "hip-pocket move" as defenses for killers still bulk large in the eyes of the courts, where they impeach a Governor, elect his wife to the office, and then complain because she follows his advice,--in Texas, they don't believe in evolution either. A dispatch yesterday from the Lone Star State throws light on the mental processes of Texans and their beliefs and disbeliefs...
...aircraft industry, production should be stimulated by letting standard contracts for two or three years for the bulk of the Government's needs, and small contracts on liberal terms should be made with firms which maintain competent staffs of designers, in order to encourage improvements in design...