Word: asker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These are questions now being asked in Washington, D. C., and many an asker has also his answer. For rumor persists that Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg will shortly tender his resignation, that Ambassador Charles MacVeagh will be named as his successor. Tale-spreaders maintain also that Secretary Kellogg's continued ill health may in itself constitute a reason for his resignation...
...white hair and ruddy complexions, both successful in their chosen careers, shook hands, said they were sorry. Samuel Insull, who supplies many an Illinoisan with gas, electricity, grand opera and a U. S. Senator-elect, was sorry that he could not answer all questions. Senator Reed of Missouri, the asker of the questions, was sorry that he would have to cite Mr. Insull before the Senate for contempt. They had fenced with questions and answers in Chicago last summer (TIME, Aug. 9) and in Washington last week, had learned much about each other. Mr. Insull summed up the matter last...
Died. Sir Francis Darwin, 77, distinguished botanist, originator of the theory that plants have an "unconscious memory," asker of the question "Do plants think?" thrice a widower, son of the famed Charles Darwin; at Cambridge, England...