Word: actioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...record of three victories, one defeat, and one tie was hung up by the Crimson baseball forces in their initial week of action. Cold weather caused the cancellation of the games with Boston University which was scheduled to usher in the season, and with Georgetown on the Southern trip. William and Mary, Richmond, and Catholic University were the victims of the Harvard singers while the Quantico Marines repeated their 1928 performance by handing Coach Mitchell's charges their first setback of the season. The game with Columbia on Saturday was called at the end of the ninth frame with...
Precisely what office work the Hoover aides will do, Col. Hodges has yet to discover. In general, they will serve as special liaison officers between the White House and the War and Navy Departments. Military matters "of a secondary nature" will be placed before them for action. Special letters dealing with the Army and Navy will be prepared by them for the Hoover signature. A 9-to-5 working day will be observed...
...President Hoover last week put his first message to Congress in shape for the Public Printer. It is short, written mostly in the evenings of the last month. It recommends action on only two legislative subjects : Farm Relief, Tariff Revision...
...Vice President stated that the question of the seating of his hostess, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, at official dinners is not settled. He has notified the Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, of his dissatisfaction "with the action of the former Secretary, Mr. Kellogg, and has asked for a reversal of it. . . . The Vice President feels that he is not bound by Mr. Kellogg's conclusion and has protested to Mr. Stimson...
That was how the machine leaped into action ? the billion dollar U. S. press. But why? Not because editors had not known that Col. Lindbergh has a half-sister. Not because Mrs. Christie wrote a letter, or because it was printed, or because TIME printed the story about her father. The cause lay deeper...