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...Representative Thomas Lindsay Blanton of Texas, wordy Congressman from Abilene, sometimes spoken of as the "most troublesome man in the House." He had the record, in the last Congress, for making points of no quorum (forcing roll calls, which in the House, with 435 members, take nearly ha f an hour each). In all, the House had 309 calls-ISO hours of legislative time...
Justice. Attorney General Stone, the teacher of law, he, the greatest part of whose career has been within the precincts of learning, was nominated for transfer to the Supreme Bench. It was suggested that in the Cabinet ha had proved too nonpolitical, that the handshakings and granting of little favors which is the politician's life and success, did not come easily...
...beneath their derision, that this shrunken carcass was once the Conqueror of Peru, the boisterous cattleman from Panama, who sailed home to Spain and had himself made Viceroy of New Castile; who sailed back; slaughtered Incas for their gold at Cuzco and thought himself a very great Emperor indeed. "Ha!" say the monks, and look as if they would spit upon those miserable bones...
...ha'penny stamp with the watermark sideways. (Page 8, column...
Pelham's puzzle is rectangular in shape, featuring the word JUDGE in bold black letters, with "Ha Ha" rampant on a checked background in the corners. An unusual feature is two unkeyed words, each with a single letter, which gives the puzzle an unusually bizarre aspect...