Word: summonings
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...clerk began calling, bells rang in the corridors to summon vagrant Senators. "Guilty," said Senator Adams. "Guilty," said Senator Ashurst. "Not guilty," said Senator Austin...
...lunged for the boxes of proxies, the rest closed in. From the yelling confusion of heads, chairs, fists, feet and brief cases, three figures finally emerged: Mr. Bennett safely through the door with his proxies ; Lawyer Powers slammed against a wall; Lawyer Carney dashing for a telephone to summon the police, crying: "That man [Powers] committed assault & battery upon me. I'll have him arrested." Lawyer Powers, regaining his composure, gruffed: "Ridiculous...
...discussion will undoubtedly arise over Sections 4 and 5 of Article IV, "Powers," dealing with student discipline. Section 4 as proposed now reads, "The Council shall have the power to investigate any infringement of the College rules, for the purpose of recommendation to the College officials," Section 5 "to summon before it individual students for questioning...
...disturbed, but too late. Japanese drove the Young Marshal out and set up as Emperor of Manchukuo erstwhile Mr. Henry Pu Yi. His Majesty did not summon Butterfly Wu to his new Court. She, as a Chinese Cinema Queen, has continued onward & upward. The height of her ambition was to marry wealth. Came last week tidings of her wedding in Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, to a wealthy Christian wine merchant named Eugene Penn...
...fighting spirit of peace lovers is in for still more rousing during the coming session. The Senate Munitions Investigation Committee planned to reopen hearings, summon J. P. Morgan & friends, try to prove that the bankers drove the U. S. into the last war, try to dig up enough headline scandals to win committee members headline credit with headline-reading voters...