Word: floored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...controlled. Impartial Senate observers rate him thus: A good practical politician ("The best Irish vote-getter in the U. S."), a legislator above the average. His political philosophy is liberal and humane, except on economic matters (the tariff) which affect the New England industry, when he turns conservative. His floor attendance is regular, his powers of persuasion, fair. His term expires March...
...newspapers. Mrs. Fall declared: "The jury . . . stood on the second ballot nine for acquittal, two for conviction. The twelfth and last man who came over to the eleven for conviction, three days later came to me in tears begging forgiveness. He had not slept, had walked the floor since his terrible mistake, praying God to forgive his terrible weakness...
...Paso, Tex. Elaborating on her Movietone revelation, she said: "The verdict was returned not out of the conviction of twelve men and women, but of only three, who forced the others to accede to their decision. . . . Daniel Weisbach told me that during the jury deliberation he paced the floor in agony of mind and heart, trying to stop his ears to the flood of arguments advanced by those who wanted a verdict of guilty. Finally he had to join in, but like the majority of the other jurors, only with the understanding that there would be a recommendation for mercy...
...rope-bound, writhing watchmen?the whole force on duty at the Depot?were jammed into the brig with the gate guard. To them came muffled clanks and booms from above. The commanding Naval officer on duty, yanked from his bed, remembered that in the big safe on the top floor was $84,500 pay for the 300 Depot employes. For five hours robbers held the Navy's great supply base out of U. S. control...
...visitors and giving these facilities adequate publicity. The high prices of the hotels and the definitely restricted number of their rooms place an obligation upon some Harvard organization to put at the disposal of her visitors some sort of accomodation intermediate between that offered by the study floor and the de Luxe Hotel suite to be reserved two weeks in advance...