Word: sessional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Oklahoma v. Texas. When the U. S. was young, boundary disputes used to be a pastime among the states, but in the present era of federated democracy they are rare. Last week the first decision of the Supreme Court in its autumn session was handed down in the case of the State of Oklahoma, complainant, against the State of Texas, defendant; the United States of America, intervener (No. 6, in Equity). The opinion delivered by Justice Edward T. Sanford established a, neutral line between the conflicting claims...
...noon on a field that had been covered by a four inch coat of snow during the night. A small area was scraped clear of snow in the middle of the field and much of the work-out this noon took place in this area. It was a short session of less than an hour and principally a loosening up drill...
...heaved a sigh of thankfulness that the child of international brotherhood was pacified. But the Adherent Powers of the World Court ignored the Senate's labors until September, and then swathed the U. S. reservations with counter-reservations. And so the child is back again. The next session of Congress will have to do something...
...citizen to oppose Mr. Hartley in the public lists, Mr. Hartley at the same time denying that his "wangling" of the Regents was aimed at Dr. Suzzallo. Nevertheless, one evening last week, after visiting the Hartley suite in a Seattle hotel, the Hartleyfied regents went into executive session and came out to announce a "leave of absence" for Dr. Suzzallo and to talk of his successor, "a good man acceptable to everyone, under cover in the East...
...qualified for jury duty in my home county of Nassau, L. I. I then told the Commissioner of Jurors that I believed every citizen should be willing to perform jury service when called. Last week my name was drawn for service on the Grand Jury during the October session. I was in Europe, not to return until December or January...