Word: rostrum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Henry Thomas Rainey, big (275 lb.), broad, white-maned Majority Leader. Their intraparty contest was the essence of politics and each is a consummate politician. By tradition the leader of a House majority succeeds to the Speakership. That is how John Nance Garner, now Vice President-elect, reached the rostrum and. before him, the late Nicholas Longworth.* This tradition prompted Representative Rainey to declare last month: "I think I'm in line for the Speakership. My chances are excellent." Ingredients- Aside from House custom the main ingredients of the Rainey candidacy are : 1) a rallying point for Northern Democrats...
...Byrns's candidacy was offered. As Appropriations chairman he had enormous prestige not only among his respectful House colleagues but also with Democratic politicians and office holders all over the U. S. Though Majority Leader Rainey held a slight betting edge last week in this race to the rostrum, the Speakership will not be settled until late this winter when the 313 Democrats of the next Congress caucus in Washington. Then the balance of power will be held by the 129 new members, most of them from the North and West. Seniority Ladder- There would be no serious question...
...usual the Fascist Deputies goose-stepped into the Reichstag, wearing brown uniforms with red swastika armbands - all except General Litzmann. Conspicuous in an ordinary business suit pinned with all his medals, Speaker Litzmann climbed the rostrum amid Communist boos & shouts of "Defeated General!", rapped sternly for order and proceeded to roast President von Hindenburg as only one old soldier can roast another...
...Certain weird sounds issuing from the rostrum of the Assembly of the League of Nations last week were only President Eamon de Valera opening the session with these words in Gaelic: . . ."-from TIME, Oct. 10. B'fhéidir go mba chliste dhuit an méid seo thuas a scriobhadh agus b'fhéidir narbh é. Pé scéal é ni fhuil ann acht tuairim TIME agus ar ndóigh ni thigeann TIME teanga uasal na hEireann...
...show seldom varied. First a preacher from his home town of Mil ford stepped forth to praise the aspirant's piety and generosity. Then other independent office-seekers spoke. Then John Brinkley, preceded by his wife and accompanied by his son "Johnny Boy," made his way to the rostrum. Lights were lowered. Only one bright glow overhead illuminated the soft straw hat, the linen suit, the medical goatee of Candidate Brinkley as he took a seat before his loudspeaker and, widely gesturing, began his speech. The Brinkley platform: free school books, cheaper automobile licenses. The Brinkley pledge: that...