Word: members
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That the Senate had confirmed Mr. Lenroot by a vote of 42 to 27 was quickly known to every member of the Press Gallery. More enterprising than his colleagues, Newsman Paul Raymond Mallon of the United Press Association set himself to learn the exact line-up of these 69 secret votes. Many a good Senate friend has this (all, quick-stepping, dark-haired news-gatherer of 28. Through him early this year the public learned the secret vote whereby the Senate confirmed Roy Owen West as a Coolidge Secretary of the Interior (TIME, Feb. 4), the publication of which...
...weighed 204 pounds, was 6 ft. 2¾ in. tall and wore a size 10 shoe. His biceps measured 15?in. and he had an inflated chest expansion of 44 4/5 in. He had rowed on the Varsity crew, had been chosen his class president and its most popular member and had written a graduation thesis on the manufacture of boots & shoes...
Instigator of the Winnipeg meet & show was the Winnipeg Flying Club. It is one of 16 local Canadian clubs, whose members have flown approximately 10,000 hours since 1927, when the Canadian Department of National Defence first started to foster them. The Government gives planes, engines and cash to clubs which provide their own flying fields, hire an instructor and air engineer, and have at least 30 members prepared to qualify as pilots (not less than ten must already be qualified). For every member who qualifies, the flying club gets $100 more. And if the club later buys planes...
...There is excellent historical precedent for the "rump" designation. In 1648, when the English Parliament was about to move for the execution of Charles I, the only way to get a majority for such a proceeding was to expel many a moderate member who did not wish for the King's death. After this expulsion, commonly known as Pride's Purge, the portion of Parliament remaining was the original "rump" meeting ?i. e., a portion of the original whole...
Hartnett led his team during the season which has just closed from the second defense position and was among the most outstanding players in all contests. He was a member of his Freshman team and during his second year in College served as one of the mainstays of the Crimson squad...