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Word: constitutionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many citizens felt that the United Nations Charter was no better than the old Geneva League covenant. They gloomily foresaw what has since come to pass--the virtual asphyxiation of the U.N. Early in 1947, most of the bumper crop of post San Francisco "unite-or-die" groups got together...

Author: By David E. Lillenthal jr., | Title: Brass Tacks | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

On the other hand, the non-NSA schools haven't been out polishing their halos. They sponsored a constitution--really so informal that it is termed merely an "agreement"--that gave larege but undefined powers to the presiding officers of the conference. These schools have also been deliberately vague about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councils' Clinic | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

Stennis (Miss.) . . . I challenge anyone to show that the great mass of the people have ever been really injured by the operation of the great rule of unlimited debate . . . I submit that there is no more important mile anywhere than the rule under which the Senate so admirably operated for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 3/9/1949 | See Source »

Georgia's legislature snuffled and snapped through its appointed rounds. It really sat up when the word was passed that "Hummon wants this." In just 41 of the 70 days allotted to it, the state's complacent assembly gave crafty, cocky Governor Herman Eugene Talmadge almost everything he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Hummon's Own Assembly | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

5. Rewrite the federal constitution.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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