Merriam

[mer-ee-uhm]

noun

1. a town in E Kansas.

Example Sentences

He came out of political retirement in 1934 in part because the long-running GOP domination of California politics looked to have run out its string — the colorless Republican governor, Frank Merriam, was detested for upholding a sales tax that overburdened the middle class and vetoing an income tax, thereby leaving the upper classes in full possession of their wealth.

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Merriam was reelected with a 49% plurality.

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But he took solace in the fact that Merriam actually implemented some of his proposals, including replacing the sales tax with an income tax.

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“It’s critically important for the people to understand just how much power Congress has given the president through these statutes,” said Eric Merriam, a professor of legal studies at Central Florida University and an appellate military judge.

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However, “it’s actually a good thing that the attorney representing the U.S. was not planning to talk about martial law in front of the 9th Circuit,” Merriam said.

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