Word: government
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chief Justice Hughes, voting with and speaking for the minority, declared: "I am not persuaded. . . . The power committed to Congress to govern interstate commerce does not require that its government should be wise, much less that it should be perfect. The power implies a broad discretion and thus permits a wide range even of mistakes...
Caught again last week in the crossfire of America's war on the Mexican Govern.-ment was God-fearing U. S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels. He, too, had been talking over the radio, not reciting racy verses but extending welcome to the U. S. Rotarians who are to go to Mexico City for their international convention next month. For his praise of Mexican flowers, landmarks and climate, Ambassador Daniels was roundly rapped by America which declared that, had Ambassador William E. Dodd done the same for Germany, "he would be greeted with a storm of angry remonstrance from...
...members, with Sir Charles off attending to other matters, did not feel like withholding. One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house." Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, was an honorable and generous man ("gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil") appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to govern conquered Mizpah (Jeremiah 40: 7-16). The Feast of Gedaliah is still celebrated by orthodox Jews the week before Yom Kippur...
Obvious answer: Luxembourg. The tiny Grand Duchy has a customs union with Belgium and subjects of Grand Duchess Charlotte mostly think of the Luxembourg franc as interchangeable with Belgium's. They scratched their heads dubiously when the Grand Ducal Govern-ment decided that the Royal Belgian Government's example of 28% devaluation was a bit extreme, proceeded this week to devalue the Luxembourg franc...
...allowed each Congressman are not a comprehensive test. Consequently, the best bowlers in the U. S. are rarely found in the list of Congressional Champions. This year's ABC is mainly notable because entries and gate receipts, biggest since 1930, are further proof that the mysterious influences which govern U. S. tastes in sport are currently producing a bowling revival. Originally an aristocratic pastime, the form of indoor bowling called "ninepins" acquired such opprobrium early in the 19th Century that laws were passed against it. The contemporary U. S. game, played with ten pins set in triangular formation instead...