Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the Amendment, by prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, possession and sale of liquor, contained enough provisions to stamp out the liquor traffic. If no liquor were available, there would be none to use or buy it. The Senator did not add that it would probably have been impossible to pass the Amendment or the Act with purchase and use prohibited...
...decency debate was precipitated by Senator Bronson Cutting, Harvard-educated New Mexico Republican. He maintained that Customs officials are not qualified to pass upon literary imports. A recent example of the Customs censor ship was the barring of Voltaire's Candide, for centuries a classic, yet officially considered unfit for U. S. consumption. Other famed books barred from U. S. ports include unexpurgated editions of the Arabian Nights, various of the works of Aristophanes, Balzac, Rousseau, Havelock Ellis. Ridiculous, said Senator Cutting, was a situation in which "two-by-four clerks" could decide what the U. S. public might...
Last week the Senate of the U. S., laboring to pass a tariff bill, paused to discuss, vote upon, and reject two proposals designed to secure independence for the Philippine Islands. After Senator William H. King of Utah had suggested immediate Philippine independence, Senator Broussard of Louisiana brought forward the same idea in modified form, together with a provision that Philippine imports should be subject to tariff duties. The King proposal was rejected; the Broussard proposal was overwhelmed...
...season should have found him more brilliant than ever. Injuries last fall, however, prevented him from showing his stuff. The galloping Dartmouth back, also known in sporting circles as "Special Delivery" Marsters, seems to have hit his regular stride again this year. He can run, kick, and pass with the country's best. His hurdling experience has done him much good as a ball carrier and no team is safe when he's on the field. No matter where he has the ball, there is always the feeling that he may romp for a touchdown on the next play. Hewitt...
...University squad sat on the side-lines for the greater part of yesterday afternoon's workout, watching Coach Knox's Seconds demonstrate Army plays, and then ran through a fast signal drill in which forward pass plays received most of the attention. Today's practice will again be featured by the presentation of Army plays. There will be no scrimmage...