Word: annullments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...according to the story told in Washington, was not of his doing. Senator Black, disappointed that his investigation had produced no appreciable public response, went to the White House to suggest action. Against the advice of his Postmaster General the President, in a moment of righteous enthusiasm, decided to annul the contracts, and announced cancellation from the White House over Mr. Farley's name. When the action proved a political mistake, a man in whom some other attachment came before loyalty might have acted differently from Mr. Farley. But he entered no disclaimer when the White House announced that...
...Government. Crazy Jack was contented. His chief pleasure was standing on the curb before the house, pretending to be a traffic cop and holding up his hand at automobiles. The only disruption of his last days occurred in March when the Government finally got a court to annul his marriage. That meant little to him, however, for the Lowe woman stayed on as his housekeeper...
...political views, I believe, as did Jefferson, that we must annul certain privileges "and instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society to make way for an aristocracy of virtue and talent." . . . EUGENE S. DANIELL...
...answer is that this is a very special problem. It needs the establishment of machinery suitable for the purpose in hand. The CRIMSON needs to be reminded that here is a separate problem. It needs to badger the authorities into treating the problem as an annul affair, demanding annual reconsideration and solution. The men chosen by the CRIMSON this spring to serve as Assistant Managing Editors will run the papers throughout the autumn. From their ranks will be chosen the CRIMSON'S two Presidents from their class. Such a series as this should be long in preparation. The functional organization...
...pleasant life as the royal lover of beauteous Gaby Deslys, refused to return to Portugal in 1919 when Royalists proclaimed him King again. Actress Deslys died in 1920, also of a throat infection. Dom Manoel retired with his wife (whose marriage Pope Benedictus XV had refused to annul) to his farm at Twickenham, near London, settled down to a life of farming, tennis, fencing and following horse races. He died while his valet's daughter was being married. He had promised to be best...