Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...action that the Senate took last week was analogous to such an unheard of action by the Electoral College. It did not seem so startling because the Senate has 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...
...Premier Zaghlul, 75 years of age, is undoubtedly the most powerful man in Egypt. His declared policy is to secure for Egypt absolute independence- that is, to end British control of Egypt's foreign affairs, to insist upon the withdrawal of British financial advisors and British troops on Egyptian territory, to transfer from the British the right to protect foreign minorities and to claim sole right of protecting the Suez Canal. Furthermore, he would abolish the Anglo-Egyptian condominion in the Sudan and make that country an integral part of Egypt wholly under Egyptian rule...
...John the Orangeman, Harvard's lack of a mascot has been a cause of satisfaction rather than regret. The college has not had to feel responsible for the silly antics of mascots in the Stadium. Nothing makes a team appear more completely foolish than to have its mascot insist on turning somersaults in mid-field during the tensest moments of a game...
Much has been said in the columns to the left of "The Windmill" concerning the status of the college newspaper, all in vain, too, because college administrators still persist in disciplining college editors who will insist upon getting into not water...
...serious actors and the serious plays received their deserts, long runs would be the reward of every "Desire Under the Elms" and such tawdry shows as 'The Good Bad Woman' would soon die an ugly and lonely death. I insist that the newspapers can and must, eventually, save the theatre...