Word: sessional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chief Justice William Howard Taft and the eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court called to pay their respects to the President, before convening for their autumn session...
...last two years Congress has also decided that something ought to be done to lift the U. S. diplomat out of the tatterdemalion era. In 1924 the Rogers Act combined the consular and diplomatic corps into a single foreign service, and increased most of the salaries. At the last session Congress passed the Porter Bill which provides for the gradual acquisition and construction of Official residences for U. S. ambassadors and ministers. It is obvious that the next step may well be the adoption of a system of adequate allowances for the diplomats, based on the cost of living...
...Senator McNary of Oregon informed the President that, contrary to the opinions of Secretaries Hoover and Jardine, the West was hostile to the Administration's farm program. He said he intends to reintroduce the McNary-Haugen farm bill, which was defeated at the last session of Congress, and which the President opposed...
...Assembly of the League of Nations adjourned last week after a momentous session lasting 20 days (TIME, Sept. 6 et seq.) during which Germany was admitted to the League, the question of permanent League Council seats was adjusted, and the Locarno Pacts were finally rendered operative by the deposit of their ratifications with the League Secretariat...
Following the two hard scrimmage sessions which have featured the last week of preliminary football practice, Coach Horween put the University squad through a lighter workout yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's session consisted mostly of kicking drill and dummy scrimmage with particular emphasis on breaking up forward passes. The regulars were able to cope with most of the ariel attacks, few scrub passes being completed...