Word: assemblymen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Next day at the Capitol, assemblymen charged police with torturing men arrested during the raid. Police set free 22 prisoners, of whom 16 had skull injuries or broken ribs or punctured eardrums...
...country's third largest Protestant denomination, were making plans to reunite their splintered sects. In Buffalo last week, Northern Presbyterians (the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.), with 2,300,000 members, held their 161st General Assembly, elected a moderator from the South for the first time since 1834. Assemblymen hoped that Dr. Clifford E. Barbour, pastor of Knoxville's Second Presbyterian Church, might speed a merger with the 660,000 Southern Presbyterians (the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.) who have been on their own since the Civil...
Even Kuomintang assemblymen found that they were not so interested in Li's past as in what he was saying about China today: "We must not hide China's sickness . . . What we need in the way of medicine is thoroughgoing reform...
When the results were announced (Li: 1,438; Sun Fo: 1,295), assemblymen went wild. They picked up smiling Madame Li, carried her shoulder-high. On the streets, where crowds had listened to the balloting at corner radios, firecrackers popped and crackled in celebration. The cheering throng surged to Li's headquarters, jubilantly hoisted the general aloft. Exulted a delegate: "Very good! We voted against the government...
Even middle-roading Assemblymen thought this was too strong. The government offered a compromise figure of 125 billion. M. Schuman, in effect, issued an ultimatum: take it or leave it. He forced a vote of confidence on the issue. M. Schuman won; his bill was passed. On each of five separate amendments, the Assembly voted for the Premier. His majority was not large, but it never fell below 33 votes...