Word: motions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...space, and the world's educated public is learning a new geography of orbits and gravitational fields, a new jargon of escape velocities and soft landings. Space is not the surface of a sphere as Columbus' ocean was. It is three-dimensional, its lands are in rapid motion, and its snuggest harbors are more dangerous than the earth's most hostile coast. Its ships are finned and flame-tailed, guided by gyroscopes and coded signals...
...discreetly worded petition asking that parietal hours for freshmen be extended on Saturday nights until 11:30 p.m. has gathered almost unanimous support of the Class of 1962, according to Alexander Korns '62, who sponsored the motion when it first came up before the Freshman Council...
During the informal part of the meeting a motion asking for a referendum to disclose whether two-thirds of the Senior Class wanted a new Marshal election was defeated six to three, with two abstentions...
...attacking zone, the Soviet defensemen provided the groundwork of the Russian's offensive game with extraordinarily powerful drives from the point, many of them being shot while the puck was still in motion from a pass. The Russian teamwork was such that their passes almost never went astray, and the Crimson found it nearly impossible to take the puck away or even to retain possession of it for more than a few seconds...
...backers of Rule XXII, still headed by Georgia Democrat Russell, can counter with either a motion to table (i.e., kill) the rules-changing motion, or a point of order. A motion to table is decided by a simple majority vote. A point of order is decided by the Senate's presiding officer-Vice President Nixon. Once he rules, the defeated side can appeal to the Senate, which can approve or reject the Vice President's decision by a simple majority vote...