Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election was announced for Apr. 26, at which candidates will required only to obtain a relative majority. The Socialists, Catholic and Democrats were believed likely to unite in support of a single candidate, probably ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx. If they do, a Republican President is certain to be elected. The Nationalists (Monarchists), however, were not without hope that the opposition parties would continue to be split, in which case victory is assuredly theirs, advisability of running a more forceful and popular candidate than Herr Jarres was discussed. The names of Chancelor Luther and former Minister of War Gessler were mentioned...
Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee received from his legislature a bill. The legislators of Tennessee saw fit to make it unlawful for any teacher in the universities, normal or other schools of the State which obtain state funds "to teach any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals...
...effect of seven candidates running for the Presidency has done little to alter the situation (TIME, Mar. 23), except to make it practically certain that none of them will obtain a plurality of the total vote. Therefore, it seemed probable that there will not be an elected President of Germany until Apr. 26, when a second election requiring only a relative majority will be held...
...concerning the University let him communicate with any member of the committee or with the Secretary and be confident that his complaint will be investigated and the results of the investigation given to him; and if he has any doubts of the justice of his complaint he can readily obtain through this source information to resolve his doubts...
Miss Glenna Collett, famed Providence golfer, thought of a putt. On a certain 19th green, with the smell of a Southern twilight enchanting her frequently photographed nostrils, Miss Collett had seen that putt obtain its velocity from the pendulum swing of Miss Frances Hadfield, travel in an unwavering line for 20 league-long feet, disappear, with a leisured imperiousness, into the hole, thus winning for Miss Hadfield a leg on the Belleair Heights golf championship (TIME, Mar. 16). As if the smell of that twilight, still lingering in the air, enraged her, Miss Collett, last week, swished around...