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...mere lack of education, such as Napoleon's. These Germans, in invading the scientific world, find further that Darwin neglected his three R's shamefully, and in his naturalistic zeal set out on many punitive expeditions after cats. Nelson, Clive, and Goldsmith also find their names on the roll of the "know-nothings...
...proceedings of the House in Committee of the Whole were not final, but merely to whip the bill into such shape that it can be passed with only a few roll calls in regular session. The House still would have an opportunity to change the surtax rates, for example, before final passage. After such passage the bill will go to the Senate, which is expected to restore the bill more nearly to its original form. Then it will go into joint conference to be shaped into some sort of a satisfactory compromise before ultimate adoption by both Houses...
...Sisyphus?in Greek mythology, a king of Corinth, condemned in Hades to roll uphill a huge stone that always rolled down again...
...radicals, assisted by the Ku Klux Klan element, to deprive President Lewis of his power to appoint union organizers, with the purpose of having the offices made elective. They argued that this patronage power made Lewis an autocrat. A standing vote was taken and Lewis lost, but a roll call was forced, which took the greater part of a day and Lewis' appointive power was sustained by a majority of 157 votes...
...said: "We have grown to be a cosmopolitan city of 6,000,000 people." Judge O'Brien said: "We are prepared to increase our offer by $55,000, which makes the cash offer $205,000." (Swope had been goading the wealthy and public-spirited Rick-The Committee took three roll calls. On the first two, Manhattan led with San Francisco second. After the second ballot Boss Brennan of Illinois withdrew Chicago's bid out of friendship for Boss Murphy (who remained secluded in the Shoreham three blocks away). On the third ballot Manhattan was chosen with 57 votes...