Word: summoning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Purpose. Of course the legislators of Texas were not half so aroused over the tick and the hoof and mouth disease as might appear. The highway matter was the crux of the situation, and behind the petition was a threat that the legislature might summon itself for impeachment purposes...
...brief, they asked Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson to summon a special session for Jan. 4 that they might: 1) provide funds to oust the tick from Texas steers; 2) provide funds to oust the hoof and mouth disease from the same; 3) "amend the highway laws of this State to such an extent as will, in the judgment of the Legislature, sufficiently protect the interests of the people and promote the establishment of an efficient system of public highways...
...hands in those of an observer in the darkened room. An electric current was passed through the bodies of all the observers so that if any one broke his neighbor's grip, a bell would ring. Despite these and other "laboratory test" conditions, Margery was able to summon "Walter" (her brother, killed in an accident), who whistled, cracked jokes, pulled the professors by their forelocks, bantered them, played checkers with (and beat) one of them, lifted weights (a corresponding increase in Margery's weight being observed when he did so), rang a bell-and disappeared when the lights...
...intimation that the Government is using its unofficial veto power against private loans to countries which have not settled their War debts to the U. S.]; 2) That the signing of the security pact at Locarno brings closer the time when it will be appropriate for President Coolidge to summon another disarmament conference...
...opposing him with his utmost, with the consequence that Richards steadily lost hope and games, going to pieces in the last set to surrender, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. Johnston devoted 47 minutes to the disposal of Richard Norris Williams 2nd, who as usual could not summon his own brilliance when he needed it most...