Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...People elected last week the 71st Congress of the United States, but the first meeting of this Congress does not occur until December, 1929, unless President Hoover should call a special session, which, he indicated might conceivably be necessary to deal with the farm problem. In order to elect this Congress it was necessary for the People to choose 435 members (all) of the House of Representatives, and 36 out of the 96 members of the Senate. This the People apparently accomplished, as the Election did not bring forth any controversy such as surrounded the election of Pennsylvania...
...frank to confess that my interest in this campaign is personal far more than partisan. If I did not believe in the ability of Mr. Hoover to deal with the farm problem, if I did not believe he would in good faith uphold and enforce the Constitution, I can pledge you that I would not be undergoing the unspeakable hardships of a long campaign...
...Senate's commanding figure and his commands would have to be listened to at the White House. When Sena tor Borah left Missouri it was to go to Washington to suggest that a special ses sion of Congress be promised for next spring to act on the farm problem, if necessary...
...saying concessions were necessary on both sides to reach a general agreement, and that if he could obtain a concession from the French on the naval side British public opinion would probably give its adhesion to Sir Austen Chamberlain's ceding a point on the military aspect of the problem...
...seated girl in a chemise, thrilled everyone with its pliancy of shoulders, arms, tapering hands. A soft sidewise fall of light allowed Miss Dod Procter the use of tremulous chiaroscuro. She is an adept in the nuances of reflected light, a familiar phase of architectural rendering, an annoying technical problem...