Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President renominated Mr. Warren and announced that, if the Senate did not confirm him, he would be offered a temporary appointment without the Senate's consent (TiME...
...chest is enough to inform them of his character. It is more difficult fora man to judge of the excellences of a dog. He requires paraphernalia-ropes, lights, leashes, a specially constructed pen, an exhaustive training; often his fellows gather in great packs to observe his judgments, which they confirm with shrill murmurs or deride with rasping growls. Last week such a display took place in Manhattan at the annual dogshow of the Westminister Kennel Club...
...President let it be known that he would call a special session of the Senate on Mar. 4 to confirm his nominations to Cabinet posts and other appointments of importance, but that the Senate would not be called upon to remain in session to consider treaties now awaiting ratification. ¶The official Congressional reception, with 2,000 guests present, was given at the White House. Speaker and Mrs. Gillett joined Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge in receiving the guests. C¶ President Coolidge transmitted to the Senate the text of the Paris reparations agreement which had aroused the fears of some...
...with the under-standing that it was U. S. property. The State Department has never taken this view, holding-and in this supported by the Supreme Court-that the island is territorially a part of Cuba (TIME, Dec. 22). The Senate, however, has never ratified the treaty, submitted to confirm Cuba's sovereignty over the island. Last week, it was up for consideration in the Senate. There were speeches for and against ratification. Senator Borah believed that the treaty must at least be modified. Senator Swanson of Virginia believed in ratification, and Senator Ralston, with old-time sentiment, exclaimed...
Rumor had it, last week, that the three great British whisky concerns -John Walker & Son, Buchanan-Oewar, The Distillers' Co.-with a total capital of nearly $100,000,000, had merged. The firms concerned would neither confirm nor deny the report...