Word: gag
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...intended, as the author says, for busy people who have not the time to create fancies for themselves. If the purpose alone be considered, the book might be called successful. The verses are written in an offhand manner, with sometimes careless metre. The point usually turns on some modern "gag," but some of the verses touch a serious chord, while many have a note of sweetness...
...rules have had a dangerous tendency to centralize party management; - (a) They destroy deliberation and that spirit of concession existing in permanent legislation; - (b) Suppress criticism, as by "Gag-rule," denying "personal privilege;" - (c) Not the will of individual but the decision of speaker determines the member's participation in business...