Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Toward the middle of last January, 531 electors, chosen by the people the previous November, assembled at the capitals of their several states. The great majority of them had been elected as Republicans. A smaller number had been elected as Democrats. A very small group that met in one state had been elected as Progressives. They assembled with full authority to vote for whomever they pleased. They considered what was fitting and then a majority voted for Henry Ford for President of the United States...
...Senate, after insisting on its right to inspect Mr. Warren with a political microscope, received the nomination of Mr. Sargent shortly after 1 p.m. and referred it to the Judiciary Com mittee (which met at 2:30 and, in half an hour, heard three Senators speak in Mr. Sargent's favor and reported unanimously in favor of the appointment), received the Committee's report later in the afternoon, considered it just a moment behind closed doors ; then opened the doors, had the motion to confirm put and answered in unison with a rumbling "Aye." There is reason to believe that...
Having been in special session for 13 days, the Senate of the 69th Congress was very anxious to get home. With the matter of the Attorney Generalship disposed of, there was not much to keep it. The day after that was finished, the Senate met at noon. Only a few Senators were on the floor. The President sent in 28 new nominations for confirmation. Among them was the name of Thomas F. Woodlock of Manhattan, nominated to the Interstate Commerce Commission. His name had been submitted to the old Senate and not acted upon, principally because the South argued that...
...years of life, she has devoted herself to the cause of suffering beasts. She has worn no furs, no feathers; her stage ermine has been cotton batting; no flesh has she eaten. She spoke of our responsibility toward our dumb fellow creatures, which civilization has met "without intelligence, without justice and without mercy...
...first semi-final round of the 135-pound class. Hart met E. G. Dennis in three rounds of two minutes each. Hart was awarded the decision by the judges, who were R. E. Lloyd '27, all winners of championships in the University boxing tournament...