Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...test vote the Government was upheld by 320 to 209 votes. But the proceedings were not peaceful. The Communists, as lusty-voiced as ever, tried to delay debate until after the Senate had passed the Amnesty Bill (TIME, July 21). Deputy Andre Marty, the Black Sea Mutineer, called the Government: "Assassins, traitors, politicians without morals and without scruples." President of the Chamber, Paul Painlevé, had to suspend the session. Further disorders occurred after the Chamber had reassembled and closure was finally moved by 385 to 26 votes...
...Dream Girl was Victor Herbert's last legacy to the world. Last year, a short time before he died, he composed the score which, for various reasons, was delayed in process of production. Possibly the delay was fortunate, for thereby the Shuberts found the time and patience to dress it with deserved distinction. Fay Bainter was recalled to musical comedy to play the star, and Walter Woolf, the finest baritone currently singing light music, was engaged to be her lover...
...Roosevelt Progressive movement object to Mr. LaFollette's appropriation of the name?opened its attack at once. Senator LaFollette issued a statement attacking the Tariff Commission for having spent 18 months in investigating the costs of producing sugar. He charged that the sugar interests were maneuvering for delay. Meanwhile, at Atlantic City, the Railway Brotherhoods and other LaFollette allies were maneuvering to get the support of the American Federation of Labor for the Progressive ticket (see Page...
...desperate effort was made in the Reichstag to draw a statement from the Government relative to its attitude to the Premiers' Conference in London. Monarchists, irate because of the delay in inviting the nation's representatives to the Conference, insisted that Germany demand an equal voice with the other Powers in the London delibera- tions...
...your Board permits its docket to become congested, the Government is delayed in the collection of its revenue and in order to operate must find revenue elsewhere. For the next few years, back-taxes are a very material part of the Government's receipts. During the last fiscal year they probably ran as high as $400,000,000. . . You should not permit yourselves to be lost in involved and tedious law suits. Make yourselves an administrative body to settle taxes. Give speedy decisions. To delay is to deny justice−both to the Government and the taxpayer...