Word: good
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Doctrine, whatever it is, a principle, the slightest infringement of which we must resist, or is it only a doctirne upon which we may fall back when our interest requires; has it yet a place in international law, or is it simply an assertion which we offer to make good by force; is the Venezuela incident such a menace to our interest as calls for the assertion of it; if so, shall it be asserted to the point of war or only so far as to prevent an implied surrender of it; does it involve the corrolary now asserted...
...numbers can be indicative of interest, the meeting of candidates for the nine last night was highly encouraging. The plan of having a "College" team seems an excellent one, in fact the only good way of ensuring constant competition for positions on the University nine. The season has started with the right spirit. It needs only to be kept up to ensure the successful season to which all Harvard men are so earnestly looking forward...
Question: "Resolved, That the present powers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives are a menace to good government...
Debate of January 9, 1896.Question: Resolved, That the present powers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives are a menace to good government...
...present powers of the Speaker, as a party leader, are obnoxious to good government.- (a) It reduces the Speaker to the position of a partisan in the chair: N. A. R. Vol. 150. 121.- (1) His committee appointments will be partisan: 19th Cent. XXVIII. 863.- (2) His selection of speakers from the floor will be partisan: Practical Essays p. 13.- (3) His ruling on points of order will be partisan: Bryce...