Word: boss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That boss of yours thinks he can accomplish everything by the use of force. How long does he think he can get away with that stuff...
Said Brigadier General Butler in Philadelphia: "The President is the boss...
...York City State Senator James J. Walker, Democrat, defeated Republican Frank D. Waterman (fountain pens) 748,000 to 346,000, with a Socialist candidate trailing with 39,000. Incidentally the Tammany boss, Olvany, and the Republican boss, Koenig, both saw their home districts go to the opposite party. Democrats patted Governor Al Smith on the back and gave him credit for the Democratic victory in the city...
...earth, and that he knew would be a good one-chicken. Suddenly the jailer came to his cell and told him his execution had been stayed. Mr. McCarthy's face brightened, then fell. Said he: "Captain, lemme ask you one favor. Lemme stay in here tonight, Boss, and eat ma meal. Lemme eat that chicken just like I was going...
...this point of his career that Mr. Nichols so impressed Innes that the Republican boss decided to support him; and now, 21 years later, Mr. Nichols is mayor largely because he received the Innes support in the campaign...