Word: butlerism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...BUTLER President Southern Tenant Farmers Union Memphis, Tenn...
...Colonel Carter found his playful love affair with Lillie growing serious, married her despite his need for money, the political favoritism that blocked his promotion, her father's fear of him, her sophisticated New Orleans aunt's frank advances toward him. As sardonic a figure as Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind, but far more plausible, Colonel Carter became a drinker without believing he drank, sold government supplies without believing he was dishonest, and-before Lillie's baby was born-drifted into a love affair with Lillie's young aunt without losing his belief that...
Landing in Manhattan, Columbia University's aged (77-year-old) President Dr. Nicholas Murray ("Nicholas Miraculous") Butler told newsmen that Adolf Hitler maintains an advisory staff of five astrologers. Their latest horrorscope, reported Dr. Butler: "The climax of Hitler's career will come early in September and whatever he is to do to add to his fame must be done before that date...
Reprisals: In London, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs R. A. Butler faced a House of Commons chagrined and angered by the blockade, announced the Government was considering "measures." The British Government issued a statement which still offered arbitration on the question of the four Chinese but which hinted darkly of possible reprisals if the Japanese refused to lift the blockade. The Cabinet met for two and a half hours, went over methods of economic retaliation. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes called Japan's action a "declaration of war against the British Empire." The New York...
After conferring an honorary doctorate of laws upon Salvation Army General Evangeline Booth, Columbia's aged Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler* called her "Doctor." She bridled: "I'm a military woman. Call me General." Playful old Dr. Butler then referred to her as "Doctor General." Said General Booth: "Just call me Evangeline...