Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first session of the 81st Congress, which had begun its work in high hope ten months ago and passed through despairing depths, ended last week in wan and shaky congratulations among the Democratic majority. There was a great deal of tired, last-minute fun: barbershop ballads, a few well-placed smooches on the cheek by departing Congresswomen and gay festivities by congressional employees (see cut) whose salaries had just been raised...
Unfortunately for Dulles, it is not so much in the field of foreign policy that the Senate needs liberalizing influence. Whereas no important foreign policy measures collapsed in the upper house last session, the Administration's progressive domestic policy got surprisingly little support...
Yesterday being Wednesday, Art Valpey put the Harvard football team through its usual mid-week practice session. This time it was with an eye toward checking errors of execution, sharpening the timing of the squad in general, and of men playing unfamiliar positions in particular...
...jayvees sent Crusader plays against the varsity defense in a noncontact session. Sam Butler, who saw limited action, on offense only, against Dartmouth, returned to his right guard post and has a fairly good chance of starting defensively Saturday...
After an hour the two units switched off jobs, with the defensive team taking over the live scrimmage. The squad wound up with a session in the cage, with Valpey lecturing on scouting reports...