Word: passing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Amendment, it was promptly adopted. But the tension returned as the bill approached its real test, and then as the first fateful roll-call got under way, Congressmen realized that the debate had been much ado about nothing. The motion to recommit the bill was swamped, the motion to pass it carried...
Much ado about nothing also appeared the trouble that the House had taken in perfecting the bill. The Southern bloc in the Senate, which is determined that no bill shall pass which does not provide a wage differential for the South, agreed to a cloak room compromise...
Young, radical Corliss Lamont, son of Morgan Partner Thomas W. Lamont, received last week a special permit to pass behind Lenin's tomb in Red Square, Moscow to the Red heroes' burial place at the base of the Kremlin Wall. His mission was to investigate the grave of John Reed, U. S. Communist, journalist and poet. He found it intact. The first American to visit the grave since U. S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William C. Bullitt placed a wreath on it in 1932, Corliss Lamont hoped to spike rumors that Reed's body had been...
...with the second year course C. Both were easier than expected. Course C is intended for those who want to pursue study in grammar and composition. It is not so easy and to those not interested in grammar is dull. French E is the course for those who pass the cp8 entrance examination, is the largest French course, and is divided into sectiontions on Drama, Science, History, and Literature. It is well liked, not too hard...
...measure, he predicted, "is very likely to be revived in the present Congress, and is also quite likely to pass...