Word: presents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That the Bank of Nicaragua be authorized to borrow not more than $30,000,000, beginning with a $12,000,000 loan to refund the present external debt and meet other immediate needs...
Mechanics. Fifteen men who run the present House, whom the balance of the membership follows without much protest, are the following...
...omissions. Roll calls had not been taken. Questions had been suggested in the hearing room by newsgatherers and put by the Senators. Finally, the defense represented that, though the Committee had decided that eight of its 15 members should constitute a quorum, there were not eight Senators physically present at the time Col. Stewart was asked the crucial question. Some had signified by telephone their assent to their colleagues' doings-a procedure formally recognized in the Senate since...
Justice Jennings Bailey (District of Columbia Supreme Court) instructed the jury that unless it decided there were eight Senators physically present, the verdict must be not guilty. Thus, the ingenuousness of Col. Stewart was never passed upon. The jurors (three of them women) came in after 55 minutes, congratulated Col. Stewart, patted his broad back...
Most deeply concerned about catching Omaha's hatchet-man was Omaha's new police-chief, John J. ("Gentleman Jack") Pszanowski. Chief Pszanowski, a Polish miner's son who began walking a beat in Omaha 20 years ago and reached his present eminence last July, is something new in police chiefs. He does not believe in violence. He is supposed to have used his night stick only twice in his career. Says he: "The day of the bully is done. The day of the treat-'em-rough policeman is over. We must so conduct ourselves...