Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once again the roars of the dissatisfied Paris mob echo through the legislative halls of France as the Parliament faces the problem of amending the constitution to make it more of a working instrument of government. Unless the Chamber of Deputies is willing to sacrifice its permanence of tenure in the interests of responsible government, there is grave danger that Doumergue will throw off the shackles of a dilatory Parliament and establish a military dictatorship supported by the Croix do Feu. The current cabinet difficulties make this assertion even more within the realm of possibility...
...that his opponent, Sherman Minton, was picked by Governor McNutt and Governor McNutt's Parole Board freed John Dillinger year and a half ago. Senator Robinson, because of his vicious personal attacks upon the White House and its occupants, would probably be the least missed man in the chamber by his Republican colleagues if defeat came his way this week...
Next day the Mexican Chamber of Deputies was informed by President Luiz Mora Tovar of the Government's National Revolutionary Party that Catholic rascals and scoundrels in the State of Michoacan had just ambushed and killed 15 Government supporters, "the first called upon to fall while defending the ideals of the Revolution...
...hurrying U. S. citizens paused to give ear to Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Some were impressed by Publisher Harper's proud announcement that two editions of her book had been exhausted before publication date, but many more looked forward to drinking in another recital of carefully muted chamber music. Many a reverent reader, mindful of the Olympian thunders her Fatal Interview brought down,* doffed his hat before he tiptoed into the audience. But plain readers soon discovered that Wine from these Grapes was a good but by no means a great performance...
...merely to oust the priests is not enough. An important corollary is to implant Revolution in the mind of youth, and the Government has long been planning to accomplish this by taking over all schools and universities, making Socialistic education compulsory for all young Mexicans. Last week the Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to make this possible by submitting the necessary constitutional change to the 29 States, two-thirds of which must ratify to make it effective. Meanwhile, far from willing to be Socialized, thousands of students rioted. Closed were all the Mexico City schools, and the nation...