Word: draft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...always been a cat fancier, and pride myself on knowing a good deal about them, and contrary to general opinion cats are very delicate and especially susceptible to colds and pneumonia, and should never even in the warmest weather be bathed in the open air, or exposed to any draft while the least bit wet. So many of them surfer severe aftereffects, as well as torture from extreme fright, which cats who are not accustomed to water always have of being put in it. Give 15 minutes excitement at a County Fair, and set a bad example of animal treatment...
...peace conference it was no secret that Clémenceau allowed Tardieu to draft important sections of the Treaty of Versailles. Afterwards this honor proved a boomerang, for the treaty soon became unpopular, and tenacious André Tardieu made matters worse for himself by incessantly defending it. "One has only to mention Versailles." smiled M. Poincaré at this period, "and Tardieu will rise up and cry 'present...
Uniformity. The general desire for uniform state laws found expression in several recommendations of the Association. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Siate Laws was ordered to draft a law, to be presented to the state legislatures, providing for a scientific treatment of criminals. The statute is to grant psychiatric service for all criminals, and before any criminal is sentenced for a felony in which the judge has any discretion as to the sentence, a psychiatrist report must be filed as part of the court record. Until such a report is filed no felon is to be released. Resolutions...
After days of furious debate on the Cecil resolution it was considered still too inflammatory to Latin passions to put to vote. To the rescue came. Greece's confident Nicholas Politis, practiced handy man at loosening League pinches. He drafted a compromise resolution which "... confidently hopes the preparatory Disarmament Commission will be able to resume the work interrupted at the last session with the view of framing a preliminary draft convention for the reduction and limitation of land, naval and air armaments as soon as possible...
Santa Fe's Story on Air Transportation. Like the best of horsemen, who might try to make a race horse and a draft horse pull smoothly in a team, William Benson Storey has his troubles. He is president of The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Also, he is closely interested in Transcontinental Air Transport, which uses Santa Fe rail service for part of its route and competes with the Santa Fe for more. Also, he is director of the Railway Express Agency, Inc., for whose business both the rail and his air systems compete...