Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that after this bill goes to the Senate and comes back to the House in conference, it will carry reductions of between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000. ... We must have a little steel down the back of the House conferees and maintain the bill we finally pass. ... I haven't the slightest fear but that reductions can go between $300,000,000 and $350,000,000 and still have a surplus...
...also causes many women recruited from Eastern Europe to declare falsely that they are French; 3) The chief regions of demand are Egypt and South America; and the leading cities of consumption are Alexandria, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro; 4) The chief European port through which "white slaves" pass is Marseille, France; but Lisbon, Portugal, and Piraeus, Greece, are auxiliary ports of shipment in which conditions are?if possible? more debased than at Marseille; 5) The Anglo-Saxon countries scarcely figure in the international traffic but recruit their "white slaves" locally...
Later the Senate was quick to pass the bill...
...continue to serve my country. Heretofore I have given my heart to the soldier boys, but now I must look after the girls-if they behave themselves and don't smoke or powder their noses-for you know I am looking for a contralto to whom to pass on my work...
...multitudes who read and Publicity believe only his papers. Mr. Ford held the prosperity of many industries in his hand when he decided on his new car; and Mr. Hearst is able to disturb the balance of nations. No doubt it will be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for these men to enter into Heaven. But in life, with kings powerless and presidents so restricted, it might be desirable that the monarchy of the rich be not absolute...