Word: nay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is a modulation in the third section. All very well are the procedural provisions proposed as far as they go. But the Committee suffers, nay endorses the autocracy which often dictates appointments at present. Younger men are to be consulted and will vote on their peers. But the motive force will still come from the chairman of the department-still imposed from above and not elected--and his older colleagues. It is perhaps unfortunate that the report say fit to disdain the recommendations of the Teachers' Union for more formal democracy within the departments...
...make sense. As a political realist he knows that the odds are long against any particular man other than a President in office winning the Presidential nomination. But if his rebellion should serve as a lightning rod to draw the lightning his way, who is he to say it nay? Or to object if his becoming a candidate consolidates a group to nominate another who represents Garner's ideas of what the Democratic nominee should be? Jim Farley, who controls most of the national Democratic machinery, can be seen playing along with old Mr. Garner (or old Mr. Hull...
...Chavez† and two (Utah's Thomas, New Hampshire's Bridges) who had paired their votes, so 93 votes were recorded, the biggest Senate vote in three years. Several times the lead changed as, in the hushed room, Senators in alphabetical order answered "yea" or "nay." First shock to Leader Barkley's composure came just before his own name was called. Alabama's Bankhead, brother of the Speaker and ordinarily a sure Administration vote, said: "Nay...
More shocks followed. Pennsylvania's Jim Davis had been counted on to leave his Republican friends and vote for the higher figure, in deference to the 81,000 WPAsters in his State. "Nay!" he cried. Said his angry Democratic colleague, Joe Guffey, going over to him: "Shall I explain your vote to the people of Pennsylvania...
...better than last year and they must be thanked for a skillful rendering of the taxing solo quartets. The uncertainty of last spring's performance was replaced by a balanced rendition although some times one had the impression that the demands of the music were beyond the capabilities of nay singer...