Word: backed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bands played, no soldiers paraded, when President-Elect Hoover arrived back in Washington after leaving the Utah at Hampton Roads. Herbert Hoover Jr. met Mr. Hoover at the harbor, and Dr. Work, Senator Shortridge of California and a few minor statesmen were at the station. The President-Elect, arriving in Washington, went to the White House and was closeted with the President for a half hour. When they emerged, the President and President-Elect posed for photographs, and Mr. Hoover was plied with newsmen's questions. He declined to answer queries. "You will have to go to the fountain...
...Refunds. Large corporations pay large income taxes, sometimes get large refunds back from the government. According to Representative John N. Garner (Dem.) of Texas, the U. S. Treasury has paid $2,000,000,000 in refunds and secret credits to taxpayers, during Andrew W. Mellon's term as Secretary of the Treasury. Congressman Garner called the Treasury Secretary a "Santa Claus" to large corporations, objected particularly to refunds made to the U. S. Aluminum Co., controlled by Mellon interests. Claiming that Aluminum Co. refunds totalled $1,267,426, Congressman Garner said: "Mr. Mellon, this grand Secretary that you hear...
...last symptom of vigorous eruptive life ceased with the death of the Medfacs. In such an atmosphere any new venture must steel itself to criticism. If a Radcliffe student suffers from morbid depression and a copy of McDougall is found on her shelves, her plight is put at the back door of the Psychological Clinic. It is known that abnormal psychology deals with the subject of hypnotism, and hypnotism has its parentage rooted in charlatanism and black magic. Sex and other so-called "Freudian material" tabooed by squeamish and soft-boiled natures are included in this domain. There...
...think we had better be walking back...
...group last Saturday, and the Freshman team which meets the University Seconds for its initial game next Saturday are members of the junior division of the same league. HARVARD LANCERS CLUB G. O. Clark, No. 1 No. 1, Duane Gerry, No. 2 No. 2, Whitney F. A. Clark, back back, Brigham...