Word: 33rd
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...approved by the Senate, Marshall will become the 33rd U.S. Solicitor General and the first Negro to hold the office. Wearing the traditional garb of swallowtail coat and striped pants, he will argue the Federal Government's most important cases before the Supreme Court and have considerable say about which cases the Government takes to the Supreme Court on appeal...
...west, Johnson stopped off to visit an old friend in Kansas City -Harry S. Truman, who occupied the White House when the U.N. was formed. For an hour, the 33rd and 36th Presidents of the U.S. talked over a breakfast table about the business of being President, and exchanged compliments. "In my historical memory, no President has made such an impression in the early part of his Administration as you have," said Truman. "We are deeply in debt to Mr. Truman for his vision," said Johnson. "And this is not a mutual admiration society," said Truman...
Cabinet of Surprises. During the next four years, Panama's 33rd President in 60 years will need all the fortitude he can muster. The country's treasury is $20 million in the red, unemployment is approaching 20% , and Panama's relations with the U.S. - though certainly improved from last January - are still delicate. Robles himself lacks a firm power base. He has no personal following, very little money. The middle-class candidate of a fragile coalition, he was primarily sponsored by outgoing President Roberto Chiari, who was widely criticized for his mishandling of the January riots. Robles...
...spreading into several branches, partly because it adopted the still-popular British stance of doing business with both sides and partly because its peso notes became Mexico's first nationwide paper currency. (The bank's 20-peso note shows Benito Juárez, Mexico's 33rd President, and Bartolome de las Casas, the Dominican "Protector of the Indians.") In 1913, Rebel Leader Pancho Villa raided the bank's Torreón branch and took more than 150,000 pesos; later that year the revolutionary forces of Victoriano Huerta robbed the Durango branch of 100,000 pesos...
...Then he pleads their case: "Look, my enemies call me a thief, a heretic, a sorcerer. Well, they called Jesus all those things as well. I was born on Dec. 25th, the same day as Jesus was, and I also received a message from St. Francis on my 33rd birthday, the same age as Christ when he was crucified." Mere coincidence...