Word: expression
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senate there was not quite the same amount of hurry. The disposition of the Senators would not permit it. Most of them preferred to express themselves freely and fully, even if some legislation might fail for lack of time to consider...
...businesslike, tall and efficient, getting the bills of the Military Affairs Committee through in proper order. There was the venerable Warren of Wyoming, father-in-law of General Pershing, quietly, politely, seeing to the Appropriation Bills. Back of Warren sat Borah, silent mostly, but now and then rising to express in even tones few well-directed arguments. Further to the side, but coming forward when he spoke, was Brookhart, the singularly soft-voiced insurgent from Iowa, striving in unequal battle with the Heflins and the Caraways, badgering the so-called farm bloc for its unsuccess...
...shall invite the representatives of the nation to express their sentiments, and if they are pronounced against the Chief of State, that will end it. The inevitable rites shall be accomplished. But if, as I still hope, they reflect and refuse to comit a fault which also is an injustice, we shall be at their disposal to give all explanations. But what matters is that order and law shall remain intact...
...received your wire and subsequently a booklet announcing the action taken by the Harvard Democratic Club at its mock convention in naming me for vice-president. Permit me to express to you, and, through you, to your associates, my very keen appreciation of the regard thus manifested toward me. It is particularly gratifying to me to be so honored by a group of young men, naturally forward-looking, preparing for the serious tasks of life. There is a splendid opportunity before you to render signal service to your country by inculcating the sound principles of government associated with the name...
...including $10,616,283 in transportation cost, $9,530,903 in equipment maintenance, and $7,181,989 in maintenance of ways and structures. But gross revenues increased $48,550,090, of which $37,671,540 was from freight, $6,094,001 from passengers, and $1,048,543 from express service. Total gross income last year amounted...