Word: lames
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican side of the Chamber, he said: You've had political toothache ever since the November elections and now you are applying every remedy to ease your suffering and your pain." Then he looked at Sen. David Reed of Pennsylvania and said, "Mellon's man Friday"; turned to lame duck Senator Harreld with something about a "tall gusher from Oklahoma...
There was a lame composition about primary slush funds, entitled "Show That Fellow the Door.' They sang Senator Shipstead's farewell to his Farmer-Labor Party and a none too ingenious parody intended to represent Senator James A. Reed...
...lawmaker laid down the cares of domestic life and strode up the steps of the Capitol. In the Senate chamber the gavel of Vice President Dawes smote his desk; in the House the gavel of Speaker Nicholas Longworth did likewise. The 69th Congress had begun its last and its "lame duck" session...
...pleasure must be lame...
Obviously, few of these problems can be solved in the short winter session of the 69th Congress, called by many a lame duck session. The 70th Congress, with a fresh mandate from the people, is theoretically better qualified to act. But the 70th Congress will not convene until December, 1927, unless President Coolidge calls a special session. He will not do so unless coerced...