Word: recessed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doldrums of a warm June week, G.O.P. leaders made one decision. They would not adjourn Congress sine die on July 31. Instead they would recess until next January, with the provision that Congress could be recalled by either the majority or minority leadership. Republicans felt they could not leave the country in sole charge of Harry Truman. They wanted to be ready to rush up like a bucket brigade any time next fall if fire broke...
...aroused violent opposition, chiefly from educators and clergymen, and the President, forced to compromise, appointed a committee of distinguished civilians to study UMT and make recommendations. Now, as the committee prepares to report, advocates of the measure hope at least to squeeze it through the House before the July recess...
Including both Yardlings and men from the Houses, the group will assume its powers immediately after the Spring recess. It will operate as a unit until the Jubilee Weekend, now tentatively set for the early part...
Librarians cited the brevity of the vacation as the main reason why reserve books will not circulate freely, also stressing that many students plan to remain here over recess. They were dubious that demands for books to take home for study would prove very heavy...
With all House dining halls closed for the period, men who remain in Cambridge during the spring recess next week have to take their meals in the Union, the University announced yesterday...