Word: motions
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...council at its last meeting. Although the agenda was to debate and approve the Spring Grants Budget, and more than $24,000 of constituents' money would be disbursed, the number of members quickly dwindled to below that necessary for a quorum under the council bylaws (a simply majority). A motion was passed to recess the council for 15 minutes, and when the council reconvened, enough members had been rounded up to allow the UC to continue with its important business...
...Chairman Brian Offut was about to call the vote, I called "Quorum" and was immediately hissed. Although I persisted, Offut attempted to ignore me, at one point saying: "There seems to be a ringing in my ears." When he finally recognized me he angrily requested that I withdraw my motion. Then realizing that I was not an elected member of the Undergraduate Council, but rather an interested undergraduate, he stated he would ignore my objection and continue with the vote. This despite the fact that it is the duty of the chair to ascertain at all times that a quorum...
...male runners, ages 50 to 74, with a similar group of 18 non runners and, like the Stanford team, turned up no significant differences in the incidence of joint disease. "Our results are consistent with the thought that putting a normal joint through the normal range of motion is not harmful," says Panush. "Running may include pounding and wear and tear, but it does not necessarily cause arthritis...
With this edict, Wilson sets in motion an exquisite comedy of errors. Clandestine meetings become necessary, with the following results: the painter, Timothy Lupton, falls in love with Maudie, while her mother decides that this dashed handsome young bohemian's attentions are directed at her. Added to this mix-up are cameo appearances by Victorian notables like Walter Pater, Charles Darwin, Anthony Trollope and Thomas Huxley. But beneath this sparkling surface roil undercurrents of genuine pain. Nettleship, a figure of fun in all his balding, pedantic outward manifestations, knows himself well enough to realize that he has botched his life...
There was widespread support, however, for Aquino's efforts to reclaim the Marcos riches. Within days of the former President's arrival at Hickam, the Philippine Central Bank filed a motion in U.S. district court in Hawaii to obtain an accounting of the money Marcos took with him. By week's end the U.S. Customs Service, which retained custody of the bounty, reported that the 22 boxes contained approximately $1.4 million in pesos. An inventory of the remaining crates is expected this week...