Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...battleships Virginia and New Jersey were sunk by bombers, but they were obsolete, had no watertight subdivisions, nor anti-aircraft defense, no pumps to keep them afloat, were not in motion. In addition, the bombers had the best of weather and were allowed to make trial flights...
...Lady Astor spoke in favor of a motion to permit British women married to aliens to retain their British nationality. Said...
...motion was subsequently adopted...
...illicit horseback ride. He has a mechanical hobbyhorse in his dressing room-a horse with a tin body, on which is cinched an ordinary saddle. By pressing successive buttons, the horse can be made to trot, to canter, to gallop at various speeds-an electrical motor supplying the motion (which is entirely vertical). Three times a day, for ten minutes, he rides...
...Motion Picture Classic would curry favor at the University, it is suggested that it ask and answer such questions as the following...