Word: almost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Boris, already at the Capitol, knew when The Chief arrived by the yell that arose from the plaza. Mr. Coolidge went up the broad steps of the Senate wing at a quick, almost jaunty, pace. The Chief was slower, measured his stride more carefully. Once inside Mr. Coolidge walked around to the President's room, just off the Senate lobby, put his silk hat down on the green felt table top, sat down in an arm chair, signed many bills. His Cabinet stood about him, eager to be of last-minute assistance. When he had finished he motioned shut...
...Brown is slick, suave, smooth, poker-faced. He smiles instead of laughs. As trustee of the Lucas County Children's Home, he is called "Uncle Walt" by its young inmates. Foods and their preparation fascinate him. He has an almost feminine passion for cooking. He refuses to eat a strawberry that has touched water. A Harvard graduate, he is 60, below medium height, dark of hair, slow to wrath...
When the odious "subcommittee" ghost had been pretty well laid, it was revealed that for almost a week previously John Pierpont Morgan had been sitting in on an informal group chairmanned by Baron Revelstoke, the softspoken, intensely aristocratic tycoon who heads the great British banking firm of Baring Brothers...
...Teck. It was written in 1893, shortly after the death of her first fiance, the Duke of Clarence, and her engagement to his younger brother, the present George V. "The last year has been such a terribly sad one for me," wrote the 26-year-old princess. "It almost seems strange that any kind of happiness could come into my life again. But Georgie is such a dear. The great sorrow we shared has made our bond a union that nothing can break...
...Prime Minister by virtue of a slim, coalition majority in the House of Assembly-a majority constantly threatened by the Negro-elected Cape Province M. P.s. In the Senate the Smuts party reigns supreme, holding 25 seats out of 40. Thus the House and Senate negate each other on almost every important bill, and showdowns must be constantly had under the Constitutional provision that both chambers shall sit, fight, and vote jointly when unable to come to an agreement as separate bodies. The bill which Prime Minister Hertzog was trying to jam through last week, contained an especially neat little...