Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House. Waiting for their own Farm Bill last week, House members had nothing to do except to go on listening to oratory on subjects ranging from neutrality to Social Security. Liveliest altercation of the week was caused by Labor Committee Chairman Mary Norton's attempt to coax the Wages & Hours Bill out of the Rules Committee where it has reposed since last August with a petition to discharge the Rules Committee. When Majority Leader Sam Rayburn announced that he had signed the petition, urged his confreres to do likewise, Republican Leader Bertrand Snell was inspired to a dour comment...
Vandenberg: "That is a very noble sentiment to which I might subscribe. I should also say that a member of the Senate can scarcely vote intelligently upon this bill when he does not know what he is authorizing except 'such sums as are necessary.' As are necessary for what? . . . What sums are necessary? Is it a billion or two billion dollars...
...destroyed," wrote Mr. Gunther. "The 'Emperor' Haile Selassie is about as concrete a living political force today as Beowulf or General Grant. Yet the Ethiopians still send delegations to Geneva, the 'country' is considered a member of the League of Nations, and the great powers-except Italy, which seized it- appear still to recognize it as an independent state. Pure fiction...
...stressed the fact that photography does not attempt to imitate the work of the painter. Except in one instance, the field of photography confines itself to realistic, rather than interpretative portrayal. That instance is in the case of modernistic photos from unusual angles, which resembles the current Cubist and Surrealist tendencies...
Starting a new policy, wrestling championships open to all undergraduates except Varsity men will be held December 13, 14, and 15. In former years, a University tournament has always been conducted in March, and this will also be held this year...