Word: boss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hating the mine owners, was there, supported by a delegation which the moderates feared might control the convention. He was the man who led the fight against acceptance of the terms on which the five months' strike of last year was terminated. Opposed to him was Lewis, the big boss, who barely defeated him then. It is said that Lewis, " the best poker face West of the Hudson," had tears in his eyes when the announcement of the final vote was read, showing that Cappellini was beaten. But at this convention Cappellini was back, President-elect of the largest District...
...repeal of his state's prohibition law, went to Chicago and denied that he would be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924. In Chicago he conferred with George E. Brennan, leader of Illinois Democrats, and then went to French Lick, where he visited with " Tom" Taggart, boss of Indiana Democrats...
...Sarah's Food Boss Is Here to Diet Us" was the way Mr. Hearst's New York Journal announced the arrival in this country of Dr. Julie La Salle Stevens, of Paris, former dietitian of Sarah Bernhardt. She proposes to impart to the American populace some of the dietetic principles which made the divine actress one of the seven wonders of the modern world for her vitality at an advanced age. Bernhardt's diet was simple and salutary - orange juice, stewed fruit, eggs, whole wheat bread, baked potatoes, salads, etc. Many Americans are undeniably foolish eaters...
...March 29 The World published the first of its stories telling how Martin Talbert, a, North Dakota farm boy, died in a Florida convict camp after a brutal flogging by the whipping boss...
Sarah's "food boss" and d'Her-elle's "germ-eater...