Word: function
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Governor Landon has made it clear that changes must be made by a free Congress after a process of deliberation, in line with the best traditions of American democracy. President Roosevelt has proven by his words and actions that he believes the function of law-making should reside in the executive, without the interference of Congress or the Supreme Court. It is childish to hope, in the manner of the New York Times, that the President has had his fling, and will don robes of respectable conservatism if reelected. In the past he has changed his method of attack many...
...Indian Prince who to his subjects is in effect a king. Over these the Viceroy must reign for Edward VIII with that blameless private life and awful magnificence which British school children are taught to see in His Majesty the King & Emperor. Last week it became the function of Lord Linlithgow to see that each of the Indian Princes who must sign a so-called "Instrument of Accession" in order for his State to enter the Indian Federation actually takes pen in hand and signs. For this purpose the Viceroy last week sent on tour as his personal emissaries...
Died. Edward Everett Gann, 55, onetime (1914-21) special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General, husband of Dolly Curtis Gann; of heart disease; in Washington. Unruffled throughout his wife's squabble over precedence with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, he patiently attended every function at which Mrs. Gann Vice President Curtis were official guests...
...democratic principles are to continue, then freedom of thought, discussion, and organization must have its first hold in the universities. Otherwise such as has marred Dudley Hall's reputation, puerile as they are and indicative of only a small percentage of the commuting body, have no proper function here and serve only to bring contempt and scorn on the instigators...
Food Future. Dr. Edward Frankland Armstrong, president of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, said: "Food is the first of all the weapons of preventive medicine and it must be the function of the agriculturists in the near future to grow complete foods and not mere market produce. Life is so complex that we have forgotten how entirely food is its foundation and mainstay. We must discover what chemical substances in food, if any, can give intelligence, courage and alertness to the inhabitants of a city. Can we feed to produce nervous strength and agility in the same...