Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trust to the sense of justice of the world to see that right is done in the end." House of Commons. The Conservative Party's motion (TIME, May 12) condemning the abolition of the McKenna duties was defeated by 317 to 252 votes. The debate was dull- except for the use of the prohibited word "lie" by Captain Terrel, Conservative, which brought him into conflict with the Speaker. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden also stirred the House by an unusually "acrid and ironical" speech. ¶ The Labor bill for the nationalization of the mines was defeated...
...they were naturalized are to be considered to have renounced their naturalization, two years residence in the country of origin to count as prima facie evidence ot intent not to return to country of naturalization; women transfering nationality through marriage are not included within the terms of the Treaty, except where they make individual application for naturalization...
Safety First campaigns and horrible examples have informed all except those who will not learn that one of the products of imperfect combustion in the cylinders of a gasoline engine is carbon monoxide, a gas toxic and often fatal-in sufficient concentration-to human beings. Engines running in closed garages have been the cause of a rapidly increasing death list in recent years. The building of large vehicular tunnels, which are difficult to ventilate, has multiplied the danger. Only a fortnight ago, in the new Liberty Tunnels, Pittsburgh (TIME, Feb. 4), many persons were overcome on account of the high...
Elsewhere the Crimson showing was pretty drab. Yale piled up 48 points in the field events, cleaning up the first places everywhere except in the high jump, where Hollis tied for first with Conway and Deacon of Yale. Miller scored four points for the Freshmen on the field, taking second place in the shotput and third in the javelin, while Captain Lundell, in addition to winning 10 points on the track, took third place in the shotput and added another point of his team's scant total...
Unlike most other universities, Harvard has few traditions; aside from the Reinhardt legend, the wearing of old hats, and Professor Copeland, the university's stock of folk-lore is extremely limited--except, of course, for the studied cultivation of Indifference. This apparent barrenness of background, however, does not prevent a certain sympathy for other universities in their occasional bereavements...