Word: bethesda
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tariff Bill before June 1 and then recess until about August 1; that the Senate would recess until July 1, while its Finance Committee overhauls the House's measure. The certainty of a tiresome summer session prompted five Republican senators to rent the Walter Tuckerman country home near Bethesda, Md., there to establish bachelor-hall after despatching their families to cooler climates. The Senators were...
...them becomes a Major General simultaneously with his appointment by the President to be Chief of Infantry. This promotion came, last week, to squat, solid Col. Stephen O. Fuqua, 54, commander of the 16th Infantry, Governors Island, N. Y. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen of Bethesda...
...example of his advice is: treat intuitions tenderly. "The moment we feel their presence, it is as if we saw the ripple over Bethesda and we ought to know that our chance is near. Silence, both exterior and interior, should prevail; we ought to be attentive but not eager or, above all, curious. The beautiful visitor is like a butterfly, no longer the same when caught...