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Word: gavelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rayburn of Texas left the microphone in the well of the House where he had been speaking, picked his way hurriedly back up to the marble dais and the gavel of his authority. The Speaker's face was strained, but he had the composure of a gambler whose bet is down. Tennessee's Jere Cooper, Speaker pro tempore, spoke the ritual words: "The time of the gentleman from Texas has expired-all time has expired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Noble Experiment No. 2 | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...Speaker's gavel pounded the desk. Cried the Speaker: "The time of the gentleman from New York has expired!" But thin, grim Representative Mike Edelstein, fighting mad, talked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Last Gavel | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

...Speaker's gavel banged in vain as Mike Edelstein said his say. "All men are created equal, regardless of race, creed or color, and whether a man be Jew or Gentile, he may think what he deems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Last Gavel | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

...result of the Teachers Union elections held yesterday afternoon, F.O. Matthiessen, associate professor of History and Literature, will continue to swing the president's gavel for the next year. Vice-president will be Rupert Emerson '21, associate professor of Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEACHER'S UNION ELECTS OFFICERS | 5/22/1941 | See Source »

...program is divided into two general session and the panel discussions. At the first general session, George R. Faxon will preside and receive reports from other Union groups. At the concluding general session following the panels, with F. O. Mathiessen, associate professor of History and Literate, wielding the gavel, Miss Lynd's talk will conclude the conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teachers to Discuss Future of Education | 4/30/1941 | See Source »

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