Word: favor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Aside from the question of the legality of a double commutation, aside from the reason for the date 1930, aside from the friendly relations of Potz with Len Small politics, thousands of decent Illinoisans were vastly irritated because this was merely the latest of many criminals to receive favor from a Governor, whom decent thousands regard as a cold-blooded crook...
Premier Baldwin (rising amid cheers after an interval of wild disorder, and recapitulating at length the Government's arguments in favor of the bill) : "Even now I believe that after this bill is passed a settlement satisfactory to all may be reached if the Miners Federation will cooperate to increase the efficiency of the coal industry by accepting the recommendations of the Royal Coal Commission's report." (TIME...
...half of this amount was to be used for cotton marketing, and their equalization fee was to be deferred for three years. This alliance was supposed to be potent enough to bring at least a tie vote. Thereupon, Vice President Dawes would probably cast the deciding vote in favor of the bill. Mr. Coolidge would veto the measure, and embarrassment of the Administration, if nothing else, would ensue...
...unique expedient was adopted of allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to decide how the money should be spent (subject, however, to Congressional veto). Incidents. In the first rank of incidentals, aside from legislation were: 1) The ousting (TIME, April 19) of Mr. Brookhart from the Senate in favor of Daniel Steck, his Democratic opponent in Iowa in the election of 1924; 2) The impeachment of a Federal district judge, George W. English of Illinois, the tenth time in history that the House has voted an impeachment; 3) Hearings by a subcommittee of the Senate on the effects of prohibition...
...playwrights, the actors, the producers, and the press solidly favor the citizens' Jury. They feel that by this method only can the clammy fingers of legal censorship be kept from the throat of the drama. With the exception of determined radicals these same forces feel that some honest and clear-headed curb is necessary...