Word: gavelling
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...voted to force Mills to subdivide his committee into four subcommittees with separate chairmen and thus dilute his authority. Angered at his unwillingness to act on such legislation as national health insurance and tax reform, the liberals now aimed to relieve Mills of all but his chairman's gavel...
...argued that both precedent and the 1868 rules have compromised the Senate's "sole power to try" the President by giving too much power to the Chief Justice. Some Republicans countered that this rule expressed a Democratic fear that Chief Justice Warren Burger would wield a pro-Nixon gavel...
...Jackson, Mich., to assemble in the shade of a grove of majestic oaks. Ever since, Republicans have been returning to the spot in search, as it were, of their roots. Although most of the trees have disappeared over the years, there were enough limbs left to furnish the gavel for the 1972 G.O.P. National Convention. But Richard Nixon may be the last President to receive a chip off the old block. On a recent stormy evening, the mightiest remaining oak was struck by lightning. All that is left of its splendor is a jagged 15-ft.-high stump...
...week, even Senator Sam Ervin's investigating panel seemed to exhibit a certain distraction and ennui. To top it all off, after three days the major television networks, which had pooled their efforts on the live telecasts, voted 2 to 1 (CBS in the minority) to stop their gavel-to-gavel live coverage. Their explanation is that the hearings, now shifting into campaign ethics and funding, are becoming less newsworthy...
Evans accepted the gavel that was graciously offered by the outgoing chair man, George Wallace, who would have once barred him from any white school in Point Clear, Ala., the magnolia-dotted town where this year's conference was held. As the two men warmly shook hands, Evans said: "The completely routine manner in which this historic event took place is indicative of a basic understanding and acceptance of principles which may have been in doubt in the past...