Word: exaction
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...than one House member.* Only one State, Illinois, has two Representatives-at-large, in addition to 25 regular Congressmen tucked away in their own districts, because it is gerrymandered and does not choose to carve out two new districts, at the risk of upsetting Republican preponderance, to meet its exact allowance of House representation. Illinois' Representatives-at-large are sort of Class B Senators: their pay is the same and they are chosen by the same State-wide electorate. But on the House floor they behave like other Congressmen...
When President James Rowland Angell addresses visitors on Alumni Day (Feb. 22), Yalemen will know the exact extent to which the House Plan may supplant the sacred rites and traditions of Old Yale...
...smaller cruisers armed with 6-inch guns Great Britain will have an advantage of 42,000 tons, but beyond this, in order to insure exact equality of opportunity, the United States makes the suggestion that each country will have the option of duplicating exactly the cruiser fleet of the other. Thus Great Britain would have the option, by reducing its number of small cruisers, to increase its large cruisers from 15 to 18 so as to give it a total cruiser tonnage of 339,000 tons, the exact amount of tonnage which the British...
...Hallelujah" scene is presented very effectively, and the singing is some of the best that has appeared in the sound pictures. In fact, the entire vocal side of the picture is more than satisfactory. The plot is an exact adaptation of the original musical comedy as are some of the scenes, but this is by no means unpleasant...
...feet long and 40 feet wide, going from seven to ten feet in depth. The smaller is 20 by 40 feet and five feet deep at the far end. Quite an engineering difficulty was experienced in the construction of the large pool, Intercollegiate rules call for an exact length of 75 feet. Due to expansion of the materials, great care had to be taken in the laying of the cements. Ceramic tiling was used throughout...