Word: lamely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week Mr. Crisp resigned from the Tariff Commission, to which President Hoover had appointed him as a "lame duck." Jan. 1 he becomes lobbyist for Savannah Sugar Corp...
...leader came out of the Senate and the old ones were either "lame ducks" or disgruntled individualists with a narrowing conception of public service. Borah stock was far below...
Governor Roosevelt's political comeback after 1920 involved efforts even greater, because their object was less tangible, than his conquest of his lame legs. Years ago Louis McHenry Howe, his friend and adviser, had inoculated him with the White House virus. His election and re-election as Governor reawakened the Presidential fever, which burned with increasing intensity as the months at Albany wore successfully on and Herbert Hoover's prestige sank at Washington. Forgotten now is the fact that two years ago some of Franklin Roosevelt's oldest friends were deploring the evident, consuming degree of ambition...
Vote statistics: For 3.2% beer-133 Democrats, 96 Republicans; against 3.2% beer-101 Republicans (including 69 "lame ducks"), 64 Democrats (including 12 "lame ducks...
Author of the beer bill was Mississippi's "Lame Duck" Collier. Ways & Means chairman, longtime Dry. On it the committee held a fortnight's hearings which in vehement arguments, loud controversy and ardent pleadings resembled many another Wet & Dry set-to at the Capitol. There was, however, this important difference: the committee's mind was made up in advance to act on beer. Thus, with their case already won, the Wets restricted their testimony to a minimum. Brewers supplied trade