Word: hand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...propitious time to carry out their reform constitutionally by amendment. Sticking by the letter of the law and not the spirit, as President Roosevelt expects to do through a sly application of his appointive power, is obviously as great a crime as any judgment the Supreme Court could possibly hand down. The crowning example of irony, however, rests in the action of a man like Professor Corwin who, after having devoted the greater part of his life to building up a logical constitutional case against judicial prerogatives, throws his full support behind a starkly unfaithful interpretation of the President...
...bringing a closer relationship between the Council and the Houses is shown by the almost Olympian inaccessibility from which the Council now suffers, an inaccessibility making the Council's influence over House affairs ephemeral, at best of little value. The board of House committee heads, on the other hand, sets the pace for House business, but like the continental Congress it lacks the basic authority, inclusive jurisdiction, and continuity of membership that only the main Council can possess. Thus, with the friction of divided responsibility promising more and more sparks in the future, some sort of device to bridge...
...that a man is only educated after living in college for four years. It is true that this period suits a great majority of college men, that most of them "feel just about old enough to graduate" after matriculating for the usual number of years. On the other hand, the fact stands firm and irrefutable that tastes and temperatments differ, and that a man should be fire to make his own choice in a question so uniquely concerning himself...
...Varsity four-mile crew which defeated Yale last spring five veterans are back, Chance, Clark, Erickson, Austin, and Bennett, Six oarsmen are back from the Jayvees, while all the members of the undefeated '39 boat are on hand...
...amateur hour. Listeners in each city could telephone their choices to a central office or telegraph direct to Cambridge. Each week's winner should get a free trip to New York and a three day contract at the Radio City Music Hall. President Conant should be on hand at all times to give the gong...