Word: gaveled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he was my most distinguished constituent." On the Senate side, Ohio Republican George Bender was in mid-sentence when Florida Democrat Spessard Holland reminded the Senate that it was time to adjourn. Responded Vice President Richard Nixon : "The point of order is well taken." He banged down his gavel and the members of the 84th Congress scattered to take up their cam paign cudgels...
...moderator for the next year, the Presbyterians elected conservative Dr. William Taliaferro ("Tolly") Thompson, 70, who retired this month after 36 years as professor of Christian education at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. In accepting the silver gavel, Dr. Thompson gave his fellow Presbyterians something for all Christians to think about. "Genuine Christians." said he, "ought to be as distinguishable from others as a civilized man is from a savage...
...Louisiana's Democratic Representative F. Edward Hebert, the subcommittee chairman, brought the room to life with a thwack of his gavel. "Gentlemen," cried Hebert excitedly, "the President has just announced his candidacy for re-election...
...crystal chandeliers in the U.S. Capitol had been taken down, disassembled, washed prism by prism, reassembled and rehung. Twenty-two painters had brushed their way across Capitol Hill, cleaning and painting walls. By this week all was in readiness for the fall of the gavel opening the second session of the 84th Congress...
...Council after one year in the Philippines' favor. With that understanding, the delegates elected the Yugoslavs by a decisive 43 out of 70 votes. That done, delegates stood up for a traditional minute of silent "prayer or meditation" and then, to the bang of Senor Maza's gavel, scurried home. It had been a contentious, tiring 13 weeks for all. and particularly for Assembly President Maza, who was also besieged by an increasing round of diplomatic teas, dinners and cocktail parties. "You have to drink the same Scotch or the same Manhattans," he complained, "and eat the same...