Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ridicule and laughter burst. Herr Luther's delighted enemies roared. Soon the Reichstag passed 176* to 146† (with 103 abstentions) a motion introduced by the Democrats censuring Herr Luther personally and incidentally puffing President von Hindenburg...
...competition for the Business Board of the Advocate will be set in motion at 7 o'clock tonight with a meeting at Advocate House. This competition is open primarily to Freshmen and Sophomores although members of the other classes will not be excluded...
There's no doubt that modern life, with its mass production, speed, and machinery has taken much of the romance out of living. Of course, without these inventions we would never have a motion picture story of whaling life, such as "The Sea Beast", not being shown at the Metropolitan. But this latest of John Barrymore's screenings makes you somehow long for the good old days when the look-out's shout of "Thar she blows!" was answered by a lusty "Where away?" and from then on it was "Dead whale or stove boat", and not a pursuit...
...Peabody Museum's famous Borneo baskets which have kept scientists mystified for over a month now, gave their followers a new start when it was found early yesterday morning that their motion had stopped. The twin baskets have maintained a slow twirling motion, except for a brief interruption two weeks ago, since they were first hung up last October. Numerous attempts had been made to explain their motion, which seemed perpetual, visitors flocked daily to the Museum to see the University's modern wonder. Then yesterday when people came in to watch them at their expected rounds were astounded...
Last week, in Fort Worth, Tex., the ponderous right hand of World's Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey described a motion that sportsmen had begun to believe it might never describe again. After hours spent thrashing the harvest in advance, Champion Dempsey reached for a pen and signed an agreement to fight another fight. A second dotted line was signed by Promoter Tex Rickard of Manhattan. No place, no opponent was named, but Dempsey committed himself to encounter either of the two logical challengers-Gene Tunney or Harry Wills-and Rickard indicated that either his New Madison Square Garden...