Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long as the present prosperity continues, the President need have little fear of a Democratic victory, Booming business, enjoying the Republican blessing of tax reduction, is a powerful argument to offset criticism of administrative peccadilloes...
Colonial--"Stella Dallas", a motion picture, at 8.15: Built with marvelous taste and refinement. An excellent argument for admitting the movies to serious dramatic consideration...
...Argument. The sole question at issue was the legal one: "Is a U.S. Senator a state officer?" The Committee on Elections, headed by Senator Goff of West Virginia, decided "No." A minority report was made by a Democrat, Senator Stephens of Mississippi, saying "Yes." A Senator is paid by the Federal government but chosen by the state. Whose officer is he? Some Senators declared it would be unfair to deprive a state of its full representation because of a legal technicality...
...Arguments Pro. The forces for the settlement were led by Representative Crisp of Georgia (Democrat), Representative Burton of Ohio (Republican), who are both members of the Ways and Means Committee and of the Debt Funding Commission, and by Representative Ogden L. Mills of New York, one of the financial experts on the Committee. The argument they presented for the agreement was simple: Italy is bankrupt; these are the best terms we can get; this is all that Italy can pay. Representative Mills turned to the opposition with the declaration that the average income of the Italians is less than...
...argument will be a case in which Walter Bright, the plaintiff-in-error is charged with bigamy by the Common-wealth after receiving a decree of divorce in France. Coming at a time when the state of New York has been rendering liberal decisions on such cases, the contestants will have ample subject for discussion...