Word: callings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said he was sick of being accused of fomenting every revolt that came along. The Under Secretary was sympathetic, but suggested that Lawrence return immediately to Sussex and forget all about it. He added, however, that if ever he could do the other a favor-within reason-Lawrence should call upon him. "You can," said Lawrence, "get me back in the Air Force." And it was done...
...your issue of Feb. 11, in your article on the dedication of the Singing Tower, you say that President Coolidge called the bells by the Americanized version of "karilon." As one who attended the dedication and heard all the speeches, I hasten to tell you that your informant was incorrect. President Coolidge was the only one present who said carillon in the French manner. All those connected with the building of the Tower call it "Karilon," with the accent on the first syllable...
...report told, and Senator Reed rehearsed, how Mr. Vare, whom the late Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania used to call "the ashcart statesman" because he once hauled ashes and garbage in Philadelphia, spent colossal sums to wrest the nomination from Gifford Pinchot and George Wharton Pepper (who both used colossal sums themselves...
...Lord Hugh" is a name with which to conjure down the very angels of Morality. For 30 years this sombre yet brilliant High Churchman has been what Britons call a "pillar of reform." During the War he showed the fine, tempered metal of the Cecils by learning to fly and how to shoot down the enemy. Not for nothing was his great ancestor, the First Earl of Salisbury (circa 1565-1612), the strongest and wisest counselor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. Last week with every blue drop of his Cecil blood a-boiling, Lord Hugh rose to confront and confound...
...will not be a regular job. Whenever the Secretary of Commerce or his Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics may want Lindberghian advice on air regulations, airway extensions and equipment, airport construction, airway mapping, accident prevention or aeronautical research, they may call on him. When and if he works for the Government, he will draw...