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...Lord, our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty ruler of the Universe, Who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech Thee, with Thy favor to behold and bless Thy servant, Franklin, chosen to be the President of the United States...
...handholds in front of the foot-straps and canvas streamers behind to streamline the wind. One after another, squatting, a plumed ball of a man on long slivers would push off slowly, come over the lip of the mountain and cascade down the face at a speed terrifying to behold. Partway down was an unnoticed little rise in the snow. When they hit that, the skiers were shot through the air for 50 ft. Of the 16 contestants, Gasperl of Austria and Kjelland of Norway miraculously lit upright after hitting the bump, and shot on down the hill instead...
...charge of internal revenue now is Assistant Secretary James Henderson ("Jim") Douglas Jr., by far the best looking member of the Hoover sub-Cabinet, a product of Chicago and Princeton (1920) whose mind and manners are as accurate and pleasant to behold as his superb golf game. Before going into the banking business (Field, Glore & Co.) he was an attorney (Winston, Strawn & Shaw), never worked for Quaker Oats Co. of which his father was executive committee chairman. He was called to Washington last spring when his fellow Princetonian, Walter E. Hope of New York, resigned. Of late he has been...
...Albany Citizen Smith was invited by Governor Roosevelt to the Executive Mansion where he had lived for eight years. For an hour and a half they sat together on a davenport in the study, smoking and talking. Reporters were called to behold this complete reconciliation...
People who are accustomed to think of New York's Bishop William Thomas Manning as an extremely formal, frigidly aristocratic little prelate would have been amazed to behold him last Sunday morning. His pulpit was a footstool, set up amid shavings, lumber, scaffolding, tarpaulins, in a little Harlem church. His sermon was a fighting talk. His congregation of 250, pressing close upon him, was three-quarters Negro...