Word: almost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...private secretary, he had offered the diplomatic opportunity to rugged Nephew Henry Dawes. one year out of Williams College, oil company clerk in Columbus, Ohio. Nephew Dawes had promptly, diplomatically accepted. Promptest of all was Oxford University, which was to make Ambassador Dawes a Doctor of Civil Law almost immediately on his arrival. Simultaneously receiving the same degree would be Spanish Ambassador Alfonso Merry del Val, brother of the urbane and genial Cardinal, and Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Mahmud Pasha...
French Ambassador M. Paul Claudel, famed poet, philosopher, mystic. A chubby, bald, scraggly-mustached man, he is so shy that formal diplomatic entertainments are obnoxious to him. In Japan, his last ambassadorial post, he was almost a national hero because of his literary achievements, his appreciation of difficult Oriental art. Last week he said: "I shall not surrender a privilege of so many years' standing...
Seven Greek cities claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. Almost as many in the U. S. claim to be the birthplace of the Republican party. When the party came into being in the early 1850's, slavery was the prime issue. When last week the town of Ripon, Wis. (population 4,000) attempted to establish its title to "founding" the Republican party 75 years ago, Prohibition, in the form of Dry raids by U. S. agents, overshadowed the news of the celebration...
...political piece. But now, these several months, the Work desire has been thwarted. He had no hand in Cabinetmaking. In Florida, he spent listless days waiting to see the President-elect whom perhaps he thought he had made. In fact, Dr. Work's life has been unhappy almost since the Hoover nomination. Subordinates in the campaign refused to be subordinate. His resignation was demanded as a result of the Willebrandt anti-Catholic outbursts. And when, after a victory, a National Chairman cannot get jobs for his friends, his only course is resignation...
...Cornell's Ivan C. Dresser. Southern California's Jesse Hill broad-jumped 25 ft. 7/8 in., another intercollegiate record. Yale's Sidney Kieselhorst, champion last year, did the 220-yd. low hurdles in 23 3/10 sec., breaking a record which had stood since 1898-almost. Officials refused to allow Kieselhorst his record because of a "tail wind." For the first time, three intercollegians threw the javelin more than 200 feet-Stanford's Leo Kibby winning with...