Word: affixing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...original stronghold. CSRLP would provide $30 every Thursday for every unemployed qualified voter over 50 who has lived a year in California. The money would be payable in $1 warrants, which would be annually "self liquidating" because whoever has one in his possession any Thursday in the year must affix a special 2? stamp to it. Treasurer of the Petition Campaign Committee sponsoring the plan is freckled Len R. Reynolds, onetime taxi driver turned firebrand. Last week, Treasurer Reynolds' receipts were estimated...
...turn of the last Century, however, Marovo had a Chief of Chiefs named Tatagu who proved to be eminently civilized. Long suspecting that there was nothing in the devil-fear to which the islanders had been addicted, Tatagu led a fishing expedition to sea one day, pointedly neglecting to affix to the prow of his boat a vine or "string" which was supposed to placate the devil, bring a good catch. After three fruitless days the tribesmen were about to rebel, when Tatagu spied a large school of the succulent makasi fish. Returning home in triumph, the Chief of Chiefs...
...Council's resolution, in line with Crimson suggestions of the last two years, cannot fail to be supported by every graduate or undergraduate who will have the fortune to attend Commencement exercises during future years. We strongly recommend that our readers dash up to University Hall this morning, and affix their signatures on the Student Council's placards...
Nine of the preferential ballots for Bowditch rated 3-2-1, were rejected because they were unsigned. This reduced his lead of 16 by 20 votes so that Gundlach won by the close margin of four votes. Although there was no place on the ballot on which to affix one's signature, announcement was made through the CRIMSON and at the polls that a signature was necessary...
...German Government and German people will not. however, under any circumstances, submit to being compelled to affix their signature to anything that would be tantamount to perpetuating Germany's disqualification. ... As a nation under perpetual stigma it also would be difficult for us to remain within the League of Nations...