Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Capitol. There lay another neat stack of 90 bills which were to be considered in the next hour before Congress adjourned. He showed visible displeasure at the practice which has grown up of having the Chief Executive at the Capitol to approve bills without pondering their wisdom. Nevertheless, he set to work with his flourishing big double-C signature. Cabinet members (all except Secretary of the Treasury Mellon were present) and learned Senators were called to his side to give a word or two of hasty advice. Six minor bills (such as "an act to reinstate Joe Burton Coursey...
...years after Appomattox, unto two ex-slaves of Virginia was born a ninth child-Carter Godwin Woodson. Doubly handicapped by color and by poverty, he nevertheless had acquired by 1912 a University of Chicago M. A. and a Harvard Ph. D. His outstanding achievement was the organization of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in connection with which he has devoted his life to the collection of sociological and historical documents of Negro significance. Interested readers perusing casually the maze of unfamiliar facts portrayed in history viewed through smoked glasses* glance twice at such information...
...over the Mediterranean Sea and advancing upon Jerusalem with hands empty of weapons and hearts full of faith. It is not recorded that the Saracen militia were deeply affected by this display, nor that they yielded their stronghold until, some time afterwards, Frederick II ousted them by adroit diplomacy. Nevertheless, the tradition that young people make good auxiliary forces in idealistic undertakings, has persisted. It is manifest today in the literature of Hope and Understanding that is written about the Citizens of Tomorrow, the ushers of the Era of Good Will, the so-called "new" college students. Urged by elders...
...most important thing about the farm relief proposals was nevertheless the parliamentary situation. The House had refused to pass the Haugen farm relief bill (TIME, May 31, THE CONGRESS) by vote of 212 to 167. It had previously passed a bill supported by the Administration creating a division of co-operative marketing in the Department of Agriculture, a bill designed to aid farmers in forming and operating co-operative enterprises. In the Senate with an election coming on, and with the dissatisfaction registered by the farmers two weeks ago by the nomination of onetime Senator Brookhart and the defeat...
...mark of .385 has not been maintained through examinations. He got two solid bingles in three trips to the plate and his average so profited that he now leads a long series of games since he has figured only in seven games this year, but it is nevertheless the highest on the Crimson roster. Burns, ousted from the lead by the prowess of Chase, is further entrenched with a rise of twelve points. Captain Todd, and Zarakov, third and fourth respectively, each swung the willow during the past week to give them a higher average than that before the deciding...