Word: tied
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When it was concluded, it was a tie, 40 to 40. Senator Moses in the chair tried to delay announcing the result in the hope that Mr. Dawes would arrive and cast the deciding vote in favor of Mr. Warren...
...announce the tie was to announce the defeat of the nomination. Then Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, who had voted for confirmation, seeing the situation, changed his vote to "No" so that he could move for reconsideration. The result was announced: 41 against...
Tonight at the Harvard Club in New York city is held the annual dinner of a group which might fairly declare itself unique. From the four winds of Heaven these men assemble, their common tie being their respect and affection for the man who, in college, taught them English literature and composition--as well as other things equally if not more important. They call themselves the Charles Townsend Copeland Association. They are, simply, friends of Copey...
That Harvard students are a canny lot also is now an established fact. Not satisfied with double value they confronted the salesmen with various surprising propositions. Instead of asking for the advertised two ties, frugal minded students would buy one tie and then ask if its equivalent price might be devoted to underwear or something else for Spring...
Others equally well versed in business economy would purchase a dollar tie and then choose one of the more expensive animal-on broidered scarves of three times the value of the original purchase. The third group was composed of those economical students who bought one expensive tie and then asked for several cheap ones whose price equalled the amount of the purchase. Needless to say all of these schemes failed...