Word: reverting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...once Congress adjourns and the work of the Appropriations Committee is balanced and reviewed, Messrs. Wood and Byrns revert instantly to the roles of par-tisan readers, each striving fiercely for a political advantage from the committee's record. Last week in statements in a supplementary issue of the Congressional Record they began their political war. Each used the same set of official figures and came to opposite conclusions...
...sustaining Surrogate James A. Foley's decision last week the Supreme Court of the State of New York decided that the estate of Peddler Comincio should revert to the State of New York as he died therein intestate and without relatives. "The contention that he may have been a subject of the King of Italy and not of New York," said the Court, "must be overruled. . . . His intent to abandon his domicile of origin and to establish and maintain a domicile in this country is clearly established...
When Dr. Olaya sailed back to the U. S. in April, New York welcomed him as a President-elect. Once aboard the train for Washington, however, he voluntarily reverted to Minister. This role he quietly maintained until last week when, to comply with the demands of international etiquette, he strangely changed himself back to President-elect for four days, only to revert to Minister once more...
...difficulty is obvious. In doubtful cases neither the school nor the boy dares to walt till his last school-year to find out if he is to be permitted to take the new plan examinations. He cannot revert at the last moment to the old plan and have freshly in mind the knowledge needs to pass eleven examinations in June and September of a single year. A reference to the representative course of study above given will show that he has not studied Plane Geometry for a year, that he has not studied Algebra for two years. If the school...
...applied hydraulics at the Harvard Engineering School was made possible by a $50,000 bequest in the will of Clemens Herschel '61, noted hydraulic engineer, who died on March 1. In the will probated here today the sum was set aside as a trust fund for Mrs. Herschel, to revert to Harvard on her death...