Word: gavel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nothing was to be too grand for Texas' 150th birthday, not even a visit from the Prince of Wales. And so there stood Charles last week, biting into his first taco, cutting a slice from a 90,000-lb. sesquicentennial birthday cake and receiving an 18-inch ceremonial gavel from the state legislature. The gavel, he said, was "the biggest I've ever had, which is entirely appropriate because it comes from Texas...
...Greater Fall River Cable TV Co., which provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial, drew strong criticism from the pressing judge, Williams G Young '62, for broadcasting the name of the alleged victim. News organizations traditionally honor the privacy of alleged rape victims...
Both Flaherty and Graham supported Keverian in his year-long battle to wrest the Speaker's gavel from Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn), who ruled the 160-member body for almost a decade...
...Spee. Away Delphic, Phoenix, Fly, and A.D., Those severed ties should not give alarm, We leave you some coal to keep yourselves warm. A shiny new gavel for Brian Melendez, Who hopes all the Council will do just as he says. Those eager dissenters now have reason for pause. Their leader awaits them with copious bylaws. To the Quad folk--from your dearly beloved Dean Fox, Alas, look ye forward to many empty socks. And although good ole Cabot will renovate soon. Those poor folks up there cannot transfer till June. While up at NoHo, they"ll tear...
...Thomas J. Vallely (D-Boston), a Keverian supporter, said yesterday that the "Dean" of the House, Anthony M. Scibelli (D-Springfield), who controls the gavel until the new speaker is elected, may decide Keverian has enough support to ask for him to be elected by acclamation...