Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long insisted on most of its constitutional prerogatives. But the Senate's action may have far-reaching consequences. It upset the precedent of three generations. If the Senate is to insist on its full power, it has the right to reject a Cabinet appointment not only on the ground of fitness (as in Mr. Warren's case), but on any ground whatever. A Democratic Senate might insist that a Republican President appoint only Democrats to his Cabinet and vice versa. That is an extreme supposition, but entirely within the scope of possibilities as laid down by the Constitution...
...Freshman Athletic Building. Coach Cowles and W. W. Ingraham '25, captain of the University team, will speak. Practice will be held outdoors as early in the week as possible. Until now it has been impossible to use the outdoor courts as the frost is still in the ground...
...Darrow expanded his views on customs to include college customs. As he bad no sympathy with the majority of universal customs, so he sharply criticised college taboos and formalities, saying. "All colleges would be better for a greater indifference to custom. Harvard cannot afford to be proud of the ground it has covered when it contemplates the distance remaining. No doubt an intelligent man can get an excellent education at Harvard, but those practices that constitute the Cambridge environment would hedge him about...
That Major Moore's new passing game for the football aspirants has caused more than local attention among newspaper men, is evidenced by the fact that eight photographers with moving picture machines were present at Soldiers Field for the daily practice yesterday. On account of the soft ground practice was suspended for all the squad except those who consented to entertain the camera...
...Winter when the snow is on the ground...