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When the nominations were completed, a motion was presented for another recess of an hour. The Convention voted against it, but it was passed...
...present expedition. The climbers were exhausted. But he thinks it possible that the vanished Mallory and Irvine did reach the summit. "Perhaps, after they were enwrapped by a cloud, never to be seen again, they attained their great goal and then, on the way down, sought refuge in some recess, where they died painlessly of cold." Odell, who saw them last, believes that this is what happened. After a short rest in the Rongshar Valley the expedition will turn homeward. The late Mallory and Irvine have at least established the world's record in mountain-climbing, for they were...
...convention went into recess until that evening...
Just 'before six in the evening, prior to the dinner recess, when only a very few Senators remained in the chamber, Senator Hale brought up the bill and it was passed. Shortly afterward Senator King rushed in and made a motion to reconsider the bill. His motion was still pending at seven o'clock the next day when the Senate adjourned. Consequently, the bill was not sent to the President, who had indicated his intention of signing...
...House adjourned for the Whitsuntide recess...