Word: recessions
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Senator Robinson: Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that during the recess of the Senate the Vice President may have permission to sign the Legislative Appropriation Bill...
...going to propound a unanimous-consent agreement, but I am going to say a word by way of parliamentary inquiry, that the Senate recess until n o'clock and vote on the question now before the Senate at 12 o'clock. I would be willing...
...There will be a short recess," boomed President Bouisson. "Immediately thereafter the Chamber will be addressed by the President of the Council...
...noon recess bell rang through the halls of Tacoma's Lowell School one day last week, books slapped shut, doors banged open and the boys tramped out toward home and lunch. A slim nine-year-old named George Weyerhaeuser loafed along in a sweatshirt and tennis shoes discussing with a friend the form and technique of competitive jumping. The friends parted and George proceeded to nearby Annie Wright Seminary, there to wait for his 13-year-old Sister Anne to come out and be driven home by the Weyerhaeuser chauffeur. A mother of one of the Wright girls spoke...
Reported the New York Times: "During a recess of the Mellon case being heard before the Board of Tax Appeals, John V. W. Reynders of New York, one of Mr. Mellon's chief advisers, overtook Andrew W. Mellon in a corridor outside the courtroom and was heard to whisper what sounded like, 'Lend me a nickel, Andy.' Anyway he got the nickel and disappeared into a telephone booth...