Word: give
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three months ago, when James Eli Watson of Indiana was chosen by his Republican colleagues to lead them in the Senate, many were the predictions of trouble ahead for the north wing of the Capitol. Last week that trouble came, brimming up in the Senate to give Leader Watson a bad time...
...report in which the export debenture plan was stricken from the bill. President Hoover was openly flouted by those who either honestly believed in this plan or felt that the House, heretofore gagged, should be given a chance to express itself. Speaker Longworth and other leaders had refused to give the House a vote on the debenture plan for two reasons: 1) it would force midwestern Congressmen to go on record on a politically troublesome issue; 2) it would be a backdown by the House on its claim that the Senate had no constitutional authority to originate such a "revenue...
Last week the Democratic party, seeking efficiency, took a step to change this system, to give its publicity point and printability. It hired away from the arch-Democratic New York World famed Washington Correspondent Charles Michelson, to be national Democratic publicity...
...good assistant knows his subject and can present it to his students in an intelligent way. In the second place, his attitude to his students is friendly. The poor "assistant" very often is so unable to teach that he completely conceals whatever knowledge he has of the subject. He gives the impression of knowing nothing whatsoever about it. He also gives the impression that he is out to "beat" the student in a little game that he wins if he can give the student a low mark, and he loses if he can't; An "assistant" should assist the students...
...meet scoring, except in case of a tie in first and then the meet will be decided on second places. A rough chart of performances would indicate that the Americans will get at least six first places, and that they can win on second places. An optimistic chart would give the Harvard-Yale team seven first places and nine second places it follows...