Word: conferred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Summons. "Now that the storm of battle is clearing away, I hope I can prevail upon you to spend a night in Albany . . . and confer with me on the conduct and issues of the campaign in which we are all engaged together . . . soon."-Alfred E. Smith, last week, to Missouri's white-crested, Republican-flaying Senator James A. Reed. Senator Reed telephoned from St. Louis that he would go East directly...
...amalgamation with such sects as Christian, Universalist and Congregational Churches, because doctrinal differences seemed too extreme to eliminate at this time. To the more consequential proposal which they had received from the Methodist Episcopal Church (TIME, May 21 ), the Presbyterians gave a warmer rejoinder. They elected a committee to confer during the year with a similar Methodist committee to see what could be done about joining the two huge denominations
This summer, the N. S. F. A. will send nine groups of students as delegates to European countries to visit and confer with members of the C. I. E. Officers of the Federation will head these expeditionary units on their missions of travel and of establishing international relationships...
...said that President Mustafa Kemal Pasha of Turkey, called the Ghazi-"The Victorious"-but now somewhat debilitated by incessant, nightly champagne tippling, would confer with Dr. Voronoff in the inconspicuous city of Adana, some 30 miles inland from the southern coast of Turkey. The chief question of vital interest was whether there would also be present one of the lively young chimpanzees which are bred especially for Dr. Voronoff's convenience in French West Africa by the Pasteur Institute. With thin sharp knives Surgeon Voronoff can slice from a chimpanzee glands which he then swiftly inserts in a human...
...Jubilee was not held but thereafter it was one of the high-lights of the celebration. The winner became the hero of the hour when called forth to receive the plaudits of his classmates and their feminine guests. For some unknown reason, the Class of 1928 failed to confer the coveted prize upon any member of 1929 and the custom fell into desuetude...