Word: byron
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Governor Silzer, New Jersey's favorite son, so far has secured perhaps the pick of the nominators?Judge John W. Wescott, who placed Woodrow Wilson in nomination in 1912 and 1916. Judge Wescott is a fervent nominator, as his speech (in collaboration with Lord Byron) nominating Wilson testified...
Unfortunately, his name is not Patrick. "Pat" is all the Congressional Directory says. But he was christened "Byron Patton" in the Methodist Church. After he left college he was a pitcher on a semiprofessional baseball team. Since then he has spent most of his time "pitching bean balls"* at the Republican Party...
...mused the great but indiscreet poet, Byron...
...Byron visited Greece three times: much of his most inspired poetry deals with themes evoked by the country he loved so much...
...Missolonghi is a hot, dusty little fishing hamlet on the north of the Gulf of Corinth. It was there that Byron died during the dramatic defense against the overwhelming forces of Osman Pasha, a defense that lasted two yeart and fired the imagination of all Europe...