Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...several times modified their plans in accordance with the advice of George V. Before the War at least one paramount decision was taken by the crowned head alone. The situation was that the House of Lords persisted in vetoing bills designed to reduce its power which were repeatedly passed by the Commons. The only way to break the Lords' veto was for the King to appoint (or threaten to appoint) sufficient new Peers pledged to pass the bill to outnumber the Lords who were opposed. The Commons were legally impotent to force George V to take this step...
...first of three maps "visualizing the progress of President-Elect Herbert Hoover around South America appears this week in TIME. The Hoover Odyssey is chronicled in National Affairs. Lands mapped on the South American continent pass in brief review below...
...manuscript one day and Great Granduncle Havasi stole it, left it when he died as his legacy. Last year the Columbia Phonograph Co. offered $1,000 for the Gastein's return, deposited it with the Vienna Society of the Friends of Music. Vienna has it now. Judges will pass on its authenticity, divide the prize money between. Bibliophile Vambery and Great Grandnephew of Thief Havasi...
...missed a kick for point after touchdown since the season began, able by himself to win, though he kicked a field goal in the second period and nearly kicked another to tie the score in the third. In the last quarter Allan, an Army substitute, grabbed a forward pass and made the second touchdown for the Army. The final score was 13-3. Vice President Dawes, in a fur-lined coat, let out a dignified yelp and the people who listened to their radios in Nebraska clicked them off, with forlorn disappointment, in their chilly parlors...
Whether the decline of the old Yale spirit or the superiority of the Harvard lateral pass play was chiefly responsible for the latter's victory, it is impossible to say. The score was 17-o, with honors to Harvard's Guarnaccia & French...