Word: collection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...active in the background. It was asserted that he offered to buy votes at prices varying with the re- ports from $5,000 to $10,000. A section of the Chinese press contended that the members were entitled to accept the bribes, as they had been unable to collect their salaries. There were, reputedly, some 200 members who simply could not be bought...
Another attempt is soon to be made to collect a quoram to elect a President. It seems foredoomed to failure...
...manila envelope containing all necessary instructions, regulations, blanks to be filled in, and general information. A bill for the first quarter of the year's tuition and infirmary fee is also included which may be paid by check mailed September 24. In this way no man will have to collect his various papers or go from place to place for information; everything he needs to be told before he can begin work will be included in his envelope. An idea of the amount of detail involved may be seen from a specific list of the contents of each envelope: study...
Royal S. Copeland, U. S. Senator from New York: " Speaking before the Advertising Club (of Manhattan), I recommended that the U. S. Government return to Monticello the 10,000-volume library of Thomas Jefferson, which it took him more than 50 years to collect and which he transferred to Congress for only $23,950 after the British burned the City of Washington in 1814 and destroyed the library there at that time...
...formation of a special commission to inquire into the murders, suggesting that representatives of Britain, France, Italy be empowered to carry on investigations on both sides of the Greco-Albanian frontier. The note contained a significant paragraph to the effect that the Government reserved the right to collect indemnification from Italy for the Corfu occupation. Despatches from Athens described the populace of Greece as being in a high state of indignation. The press is solid in supporting the Government. In no instance was the Greek Government reported to have undertaken any armed action against Italy...