Word: sit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know anything about us and who would in reality be an expatriate." Then, said he of: Republicans. "Nearly half the elected membership of the Dail is Republican. Of about 100 members, perhaps 48 are Republican. But they will not take the oath, and so they do not sit. This is very unfortunate, for there is no opposition and (perhaps in Ireland, particularly) where there is no opposition there is no Government." Irish Women. "They all have the vote, but they are dividing pretty much as the men. In all that Ireland has gone through, they have been as important...
...enthusiasm among graduates and undergraduates in rowing matters. At first I was inclined to think that it was only the grumbling of a few discontented old timers, and gave it small consideration. Later when I found that it affected more or less the student body. I began to sit up and take notice...
Forty Winks. The increasing tendency to light comedy among the leading companies is a fortunate sign. One does not sit down and write that light comedies are everlasting entertainment. They do not try to be. They are just light comedies to make you laugh. Forty Winks decidedly is and does. There is a mock melodramatic plot about stolen papers and government intrigue. Raymond Griffith is excellent in the "Cheerio" type of London leading...
Committee on Education May Sit...
...will not be sufficient for the bill to go before the joint session. The Committee on Education also may have to pass on the bill before the Legislature can decide upon it. If this is necessary the Committee on Constitutional Law and the Committee on Education will probably sit in a joint session to consider Mr. 'Bates' proposed amendment...