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According to the official University academic calendar, winter recess begins at midnight on Thursday night. But questions still linger as to whether Friday, Dec. 14, 12:01 a.m. is actually the moment on which I should set my sights. When does school really...
After calls of “Order! Order!” and gavel banging, the session was called to recess...
...Angry constituents have already proved a focusing force in Congress. When bickering and finger pointing threatened to kill the airline security bill, Congress found a solution just in time for the Thanksgiving recess. The traditional references to the sturdy pilgrim forefathers were replaced with crowd-pleasing boasts of having made the skies safer. But now there's real worry among the 535 men and women who have come back to the capitol that Congress might still be pulling hair and calling names when the Christmas break bell goes...
...what you will about Congress heading home for their Thanksgiving recess without having gotten together on a recession-cushioning economic stimulus package - at least you can count on them to do their other patriotic duty and travel for the holidays...
...There was an appeal to the Supreme Court, essentially challenging the legitimacy of the military tribunal. Eight justices came back from their summer recess to hear it. The ninth, Frank Murphy, sat out because he was participating in military training exercises with the Army - but was so interested in the proceedings that he listened anyway, hiding behind a curtain at the Court. The justices announced their decision - unanimously against the defendants - at the end of oral argument, though they didn't issue a written opinion until months later, after six of the eight defendants had been executed...