Word: granting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sympathy with its Reconstruction policy and would be in charge of military measures in the South. Stanton disapproved of the Tenure of Office Act but, nevertheless, when the President asked his resignation, he refused to give it. So the President suspended him and made General Grant Secretary of War ad interim. When Congress assembled, it refused to consent to Stanton's removal and he returned to his office in the War Department building. President Johnson, however, appointed General Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War. When Thomas tried to take over the Department, Stanton refused to budge. He had a hot temper...
When President Grant came into office, the Tenure of Office Act was modified. Finally, in 1887, during President Cleveland's first administration, the Act was repealed...
...appointed to the Supreme Court by President Grant...
Raucus shouts and stamping of feet may again echo through the majestic gloom of Memorial Hall, and basketballs and indoor baseballs may hum through the surprised air of the solemn have, accompanied by the shrieking of school-children if the President and Fellows grant a petition presented last week by the City of Cambridge...
...franc was caused by the depletion of the gold reserves in the Bank of France. If France has no gold, she must depend on trade to replenish her stock. To rebuild her industry and commerce, France must have time; but time is the one thing American policy cannot grant her if there is to be immediate tax reduction it home...