Word: gaveled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Club. The chairman asked how many were against the bill, and all the ladies rose, waving their arms. A crowd surged to the podium. "I think this bill is undemocratic, un-American, and composed of sadists' minds." "Why don't students experiment on themselves?" Finally Chairman Lee beat his gavel as petitions flooded in. The women all gathered up their pets and went stomping home...
House came showers of bipartisan praise and congratulations; from President Truman, a symbol of office; a gavel made from the wood of the 1817 wing of the White House...
...rebuilding job. Beginning next month, souvenir hunters may order a whole list of mementos by mail. Samples: 25? for a piece of hand-split lath; $100 for enough bricks to face an ordinary fireplace. In addition, the commission was preparing special souvenir kits containing chunks of wood suitable for gavel-making or a handmade nail and a piece of stone which could be set in plastic for a paperweight. Each item will be accompanied by a metal tag certifying that it is a true piece of the White House...
Alben Barkley, with a stuffy nose and a racking cough, presided over the Senate in the old Supreme Court chamber* where there is barely room to swing a cat. Occasionally, he tapped for order with the tiny blob of ivory that serves as his gavel...
...Gavel will attempt to be impartial," said Elwood A. Rickless '51, editor. "That is, we will print articles representing all shades of political opinion...