Word: sit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although women may vote in Britain and may sit, if elected, in the House of Commons, the House of Lords still remains the Sanctum Sanctorum of lordly males...
...chivalry is passed, when women watched the ancestors of the noble Lords tilt in the lists. In this age we watch cowgirls at a tournament. So why should not women sit in this House? Would their presence detract from its dignity? If I were to say what I think...
Senators and Deputies continued to sit in solemn silence until the icy atmosphere of the two Houses of Parliament caused them to stand up and march forth into the sunshine...
...displaced J. Watson Webb at No. 1 on Team A with smashing play. He is an all-round athlete, magnificent horseman. During one match, he surprised the gallery when he crouched over his horse's neck, jockey-like, in "riding off" an opponent. The ordinary method is to sit clamped in the saddle...
...March, 1923 (TIME, March 31, 1923), the last general election was held for the Narodna Skupshtina (National Assembly) and no further election is constitutionally due until 1927. But the patriarchal Premier has been experiencing much opposition both within and without Parliament. Ever since the 70 Croatian Agrarians consented to sit in the Assembly, in April of this year, the old Premier's position has become more and more difficult, and it is not surprising that he has decided to refer the issues to the country, albeit reluctantly...