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...Republican caucus in the House voted viva voce, with little dissent, that the Ways and Means Committee should report out a tax reduction bill by Feb. 11, giving it precedence over a bonus bill. The caucus also voted down resolutions directing the Committee necessarily to report a bonus bill...
Three days later the Public Consistory was held in the Hall of Benedictions, which is above the façade of St. Peter's basilica. At 10 o'clock in the morning cheers of 'Viva il Papa announced the advent of His Holiness, who was borne into the hall in the sedia gestatoria, which was carried on the shoulders of twelve scarlet-clad sediarit...
...floor leader, Nicholas Longworth of Ohio was elected viva voce with only a few scattered "Naes" sounding. Expected opposition from Representative Graham of Illinois did not materialize?the reason being that a compromise had been effected beforehand by which Mr. Graham withdrew and his group, "the Middle Western farmers," received a predominance on the all-important Steering Committee, which dictates what legislation shall come before Congress...
During a session of the Mexican House of Representatives, Congressman Mena Cordova of Campeche State drew a revolver and fired three shots at Lieutenant Rueda de Leon; one bullet lodged in his leg. The echoes of the shots were drowned in cries of " Viva General Calles!" "Viva de la Huerta!" Then Congressman Santa Ana engaged a "comrade" in the art of fisticuffs. The session was suspended...
Adolfo Luque, pitcher for the Cincinnati National League Baseball Club: "Arriving in my native Havana, I was showered with flowers and hailed by the populace with shouts of ' Viva Luque...