Word: calling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chamber music room of Carnegie Hall, Governor Smith waited for the last (as he had thought) Hoover hour to pass. Then he spoke his final words to "my radio audience." It was perhaps the best speech of his whole campaign; a review of his own executive record, a call to civic duty, and thanks to all who had helped him in his "long, hard job." His final attack was: "The American people will never stand for a dictator any more than they are today satisfied with a policy of silence." His final appeal was: "At no time . . . did I ever...
...fixed one wing and the pilot position being the doubtful points R. H. O'Connell '30 is practically sure to start at one end, but the other berth is being disputed by F. A. Pickard '29 and J. G. Douglas '30. Either one may get the call Saturday. A rumor around Soldiers Field insists that George Crawford ocC will be directing the eleven when it faces the Red and Blue, but the chances are equally good that Coach Horween may send in E. T. Putnam '30 whose stellar work was so effective against Lehigh last Saturday...
...third issue I call 'silence.' There can be no democracy without free discussion of the people's problems, no representative government unless the people know what the candidate stands for and the candidate knows what the people want...
...last week took up speechmaking. He asked support for the "courageous and honest leader of the Democratic Party" and said: "You know I am the luckiest boy in the world to receive my first vote in time to cast it for the man I have the honor to call father. ... I think my father is the best fellow in the world. . . ." Al Smith Jr., too, made speeches...
...Britannia's backing that Editor Frankau has declared: "There is no limit to the money we are able to spend! It cuts no ice in an undertaking of this size. This paper is going to reflect the new spirit of England?the business England of today. They may call Britannia a 'jingo weekly' if they like! After all patriotism is the biggest factor in any successful endeavor. The idea is that everything going into Britannia, from machinery to brains will be all British...