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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In Congress: He served one complete term (1919-1925) in the Senate. Seeking re-election in 1924 he was defeated by a narrow margin (20,000 votes) by onetime House Speaker Frederick Gillett in the Coolidge landslide. His revenge came in 1926 when he ousted from a Senate seat William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

It is true that I violated an old Cambridge ordinance forbidding free distribution of printed matter on the streets. I wanted to know whether the law was a dead letter or a threat over the heads of radicals. If the former, I thought it should be repealed; if the latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

To China. To read, write and speak Chinese is an asset invaluable to any U. S. diplomat in the Orient. Such a linguist is Assistant Secretary of State Nelson Trusler Johnson (salary: $9,000). Last week President Hoover sent his name to the Senate for confirmation as U. S. Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Johnson, Page, Phillips | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

"Take it From Me," one must give all columnists "An Even Break." Whether you are "In Broken Fields" or not, travelling "Down the Line" invariably brings you to "Lining Them Up." But whoever has been courageous enough to get this far cannot avoid that bottom-of-the-column feeling.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Will Feel More at Home in Rounded Stadium--Bottle Royal is Promised for Today | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

17--Greene, giant guard and captain of the Blue forces. A deadly tackler and a fast charger, he is the tower of strength in the Yale forward wall that has been opening up the holes for Booth all year. After an early season defeat at the hands of Georgia, Greene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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