Word: deadlocker
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Last month the deadlock between the House and Senate was at last broken. In the bill which went to President Hoover, Senator Norris had won his main point: The U. S: through a public corporation was to operate the great power plant. It was to build, if necessary, transmission lines, and sell electricity preferentially to States and cities. The House had not totally surrendered: within one year the President was instructed to lease the nitrate plant for 50 years to a private company to make fertilizer with power from the public plant. In the House it was contended that...
...completing his first year as mentor at Yale, will stand pat on their lineups. The game will be played under the American intercollegiate rules. If the teams are tied at the end of the regulation time no more than two overtime periods will be played to break the deadlock. If no score is made in this extra twenty minutes the game will remain...
...face of deadlock, Senator Borah proposed a compromise of $15,000,000 to be used solely for Drought sufferers. But this found little favor with the Democrats. And Republican House Leader Tilson said: "In connection with the proposed $25,000,000 dole, there is no place for compromise...
...This office, empty since Charles Henry Tuttle resigned in September to make his vain race as New York's Republican nominee for Governor, has caused President Hoover much political tribulation. His personal friends urged one candidate while professional Republican politicians urged another for the appointment. Last week the deadlock was broken when the Hoover candidate withdrew and the President, with the goodwill of all sides, appointed a third man as U. S. District Attorney. He was plump, pink, bald, middle-aged George Zerden Medalie, who has a soft, husky voice and gentle brown eyes. Behind District Attorney Medalie...
...still a monarchist," boomed Count de Romanones, "but I hold that the best way out of Spain's present political deadlock lies through the abdication of King Alfonso and the elevation to the Throne of another member of the dynasty...