Word: may
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Were given to understand that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin will petition the Crown to dissolve the House of Commons on May 24, and plans to hold a General Election on Thursday, June...
...jurists were still arguing hotly, last week, whether the Lord High Chancellor did not break the common law of England when he had Henry VII's Chapel roped off for his wedding. The law is explicit. The ceremony must take place with open doors because, at any moment someone may need to rush in and state why the marriage should not take place...
People mostly remember Baron Hailsham as Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg (TIME, May 16, 1927). With the inferior title he made a great name for himself in the House of Commons as Attorney General; and for years Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin depended on Sir Douglas to carry the brunt of many a debate, silence hecklers, sit tight...
...gone without food. But there seems to be an increasing number of human animals who do not develop an appetite even when undernourished. Professor Anton Julius Carlson, physiologist of the University of Chicago, has found out this animal anomaly and stated so to Chicago dietitians last week. It may explain why office clerks, shoppers, draymen and school children seem to be increasingly satisfied with a sandwich-and-milkshake lunch at the widespreading U. S. "sandwich bars...
...nerve action. The motor nerves are not involved, although action of the sensitory nerves is needed before hunger can be felt. When the sugar content of the blood is low the spasms in the stomach are much greater than when the sugar content is high. Therein may be partial explanation for loss of appetite after candy eating. But why, candy-eaters might ask, do cigaret-smokers lack good appetites...