Word: greenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Proceeded at once to consideration of the tax reduction bill in committee of the whole. The general debate was continued for five days and concluded, Representative Green of Iowa (Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee) and Representative Garner (ranking Democrat) dividing the time equally between them and parceling out so many minutes each to their followers. Then the reading of the bill, section by section, was begun, with each Congressman entitled to a five-minute speech if he so desired...
Robert Alexis Green, Congressman from Florida, addressed the House of Representatives objecting to a feature of the proposed estate tax which is disadvantageous to his state: "Is it equitable and just that you should force this upon the people of Florida, a state which is large in proportion, having 58,000 square miles-as large as New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island together; a state which produces enough vegetables and enough eatable products to feed the city of New York...
...Green of Florida. "Just about two minutes...
...Green of Florida. "I thank you, sir"-but he began to talk again about the tax bill...
John Delaney, light-heavyweight, is another gentleman who believes implicitly in the might of his right mauler. Standing in the middle of the most magnificent prize-ring in the world-a ring with posts of brass, bucket-holders of brass, seats braced with brass, and ropes of bottle-green plush-the Star Chamber of the new Madison Square Garden, Manhattan-he pushed that fist so violently into the face of Paul Berlenbach that the latter fell down and reclined on his side, head, ear, shoulders, hips and legs. The referee's arm began to rise and fall...