Word: pass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conservative oldsters off the Court, the Van Devanter retirement was a partial success, but there were reasons for believing that his chit from the Justice gave a sour taste to his breakfast. Every President in his second term finds it difficult to control Congress, and by forcing Congress to pass his Court bill, he could have shown Congressmen that he still had the upper hand. Usually a master of compromise, he had refused all compromise on the Court issue as if determined to force a showdown at the beginning of his second term. From this standpoint the Van Devanter resignation...
...years, the best of man's best friends have been the dogs of St. Bernard, traditionally trained by the monks of that hospice to succor and save benighted travelers in the 8,111-ft. pass under Mt. Blanc's cold shoulder near the Franco-Swiss frontier. Weighing up to 200 Ib. in maturity, the St. Bernard dogs are noted for great strength, docility, intelligence, and an expression of almost idiotic benignity. From puppyhood, the dogs are taught to drag unconscious travelers as far as they can, then run & fetch the monks from the hospice. In times past...
...fine morning last week, the St. Bernard record for canine Christianity was unaccountably shattered. From Grenoble. Dr. Jean Bremond had set out on a skiing trip across the Swiss border with his three young daughters. Up & up they slid along the Great St. Bernard pass. Cru-u-unch went their skis in the granular Alpine snow as they came in sight of the home of the pious monks of St. Bernard. A deep-voiced barking broke out as the famed dogs of the monastery came leaping to greet the travelers. Shrieking with laughter and excitement, ten-year-old Marie-Anne...
...permission from the War Department to drill a well in 18 ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico about a mile off the mainland of Jefferson County. In the Texas Legislature sportsmen and conservationists joined with fishing interests to fight for State action against the drilling, pass laws to keep Texas oil fields out of the water. This was the first time any oil company had proposed to drill in the Gulf proper and tarpon fishermen envisioned miles of future wells ruining their fun. Last week however, it looked as though Humble? would have its way. At Austin...
Upon the economic and social consequences of either chain stores or chain store taxes, it is not the duty of the Supreme Court to pass. In arguing its case A. & P. predicted that with validation of the Louisiana levy "the era of the national chain is over," perhaps that the "era of national corporations and of firms or individuals doing business in more than one State is over." By last week it had become apparent that the Louisiana tax decision might become a potent weapon in (he war on Bigness. The words of Justice Roberts meant that through tax discrimination...