Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surprised them and Europe and the U. S. by bluntly stating: "The full measure of American helpfulness can be obtained only when the American people are assured . . . that the time for peaceful upbuilding has come." If confusion continues, "then, I fear that these helpful processes which are now in motion must inevitably cease...
...resolutions were then moved; one calling upon the Government to accept the offer of C. R. Das, a leader of the Indian Swaraj (home rule) movement, to cooperate with the Indian Government; the other, a motion expressing the belief that the Sudan question (TIME, Oct. 6) should be settled by the League of Nations and that Britain should give Egypt full independence...
...motion was then offered expressing the Senate's lack of confidence in the Government, was carried 156 to 134 votes, MM. Poincaré and Millerand voting against the Government. The Premier afterwards resigned...
particularly prominent motion-picture actresses, Barbara La Marr probably least deserves her distinction. Possibly she did once; a good many feet of film have gone through the camera since then. Here she is a siren of European capitals who marches about in white satin with a tall wand. Men kill themselves. She tries to kill herself. The maid shifted the poison, making it a "happy" ending...
...much of a University which has always been known as the cultural leader of the country. It is a cause backed by a host of Harvard graduates, who have many times before offered to endow such a school. A word from the University is sufficient to set in motion a drive which would very quickly give us a fine experimental theatre where student actors should interpret the plays by student authors, an experimental theatre which would be a glorious testimony to the breadth of vision of Harvard University...