Word: brennan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Most of the turbulence was on the surface, yet perhaps it displayed a little of what was going on underneath, for prohibition is expected to play a major part in the elections of at least three large states next fall, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania?in Illinois because Mr. Brennan, the wet Democratic boss, has announced his candidacy for the Senate against the dry Republicans; in New York because the drys are expected to put up a candidate against Senator Wadsworth, who is not dry enough to suit them; and in Pennsylvania, where Representative Vare, wet boss of the Philadelphia...
George F. Brennan, Democratic boss of Cook County (in which Chicago is situated), announced last week that he would be a candidate for U. S. Senator from Illinois on a wet platform. Mr. Brennan is a follower in the national arena of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Quidnunes guess that Mr. Brennan hopes to capture a seat in the Senate while the local Republicans are falling out with one another over the World Court...
Score--Harvard 28, Yale 31. Goals from floor--Merrill 4, Fodder 3, Burns 3, O'Connell 3, Bailey 3, Filoon, Valentine, Lebourgens 2, Billhardt 2, Charlesworth. Goals from fouls--Bailey 3, O'Connell, Burns, Filoon, Merrill 2, Charlesworth 2, Fodder, Billhardt, Reeves. Referee--Osney of St. Johns. Umpire W. Brennan of Pratt Institution. Time--Four quarters of 10 minutes each...
Having read of a similar case in old Hebrew documents, Judge Vincent Brennan of the Detroit Circuit Court called mother, foster-mother and child before him, and announced, falsely, that little Irene would be sent to an orphan asylum. As the two women received this intelligence, Klieg lights flared up, concealed cinema cameras whirred and clicked. Judge Brennan, assisted by psychologists, studied the resulting films. Calling the women back, Judge Brennan awarded custody of the child to Foster-Mother Goosen because the film showed "a much more biological emotional reaction on her part" (tears, sobs, quivering lips). Julie Goosen Pryzbla...
Former college stars, many of them of All-American calibre, form the shock troops of the "pro" game. The Giant roster includes Joppe, Tomlin, and McBride of Syracuse; Brennan and Williams of Lafayette; Milstead of Yale; Parnell of Allegheny; Benhert of Rutgers; Haines of Penn State; and Hendrian of Pittsburgh...