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Word: aurelius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even though only a Freshman in this great university, I have taken the liberty of following the advice of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, when he said: "Direct they attention to what is said. Let they understanding enter into things that are doing, and the things which do them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bleased are the Meek | 10/2/1930 | See Source »

...Mayor James Michael Curley called for their nomination on an "all-green ticket" anyway, suggested that the Democratic state committee could later make substitutions for the November election. This political trick left Democratic voters cold. Instead they formed an "all-Yankee" ticket by nominating for the Senate Marcus Aurelius Coolidge, onetime mayor of Fitchburg, manufacturer of machinery, banker, no kin to Calvin Coolidge, and Joseph B. Ely of Westfield for the governorship. The spectacle of a Wet Coolidge running against a Dry Butler in November piqued state interest. Nominee Coolidge, delighted, celebrated his victory by taking his family to Newport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Makings of the 72nd (Cont.) | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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