Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is excellent historical precedent for the "rump" designation. In 1648, when the English Parliament was about to move for the execution of Charles I, the only way to get a majority for such a proceeding was to expel many a moderate member who did not wish for the King's death. After this expulsion, commonly known as Pride's Purge, the portion of Parliament remaining was the original "rump" meeting ?i. e., a portion of the original whole...
...policy of increased restrictions on the readmission of dropped Freshmen, as announced by the college authorities, is the second move aimed at the elimination of the weak points in the scholastic records of the Freshman class as disclosed in Dean Hanford's report which was published earlier in the year. The Administrative Board had previously decided that September examinations would no longer be acceptable for admission, and together with the two rulings show that a determined effort is being made towards raising the standards of the first-year class to a more satisfactory level...
...true that much of the delay has been occasioned by a hope that a changed government in England would view further reductions for Germany with a favorable eye, it is to be feared that the hope is vain. Nations move slowly, and modern elections are too full of local issues to be determinative. The Germans would be well advised to make the best temporary terms which they can secure, with provisions for a reconsideration at some future date. Further delay seems dangerous to the economic welfare of the world. And breakdown implies so many threats to economic peace that...
...Army. His first move, as soon as his Secretary of War was bathed and rested, was to demote and dishonorably discharge from the Mexican Army 55 generals, "unworthy to belong to the nation's military forces because of their active participation in the recent rebellion...
...nerves. But Claire, the girl Alan loved, adored Lynneth, credited her with an "elemental tenderness." And Douglas, the man engaged to marry Joan, reverenced Lynneth, white daughter of the moon. "Looking at Lynneth with her remote and crystal innocence was like seeing one of his moments take form and move through the trees in radiance." But for all her innocence, Lynneth held the household hypnotized, worked a sinister charm over carnal Douglas. One electric day, detailed to keep her indoors, he succumbed to her eerie charm only to be tossed aside when a flash of lightning lured her into...