Word: calvinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Calvin's Campaign" for the Republican nomination in 1924 marches on at a surprisingly steady and sure-footed gait-so steady, so surefooted that politicians and public alike are moved to wonder and to examine its propelling powers...
...wants to run a side show, that's all right, but I don't want to be in on it. We have one of the finest and most able secretaries of State in Mr. Hughes this country has ever had. Calvin Coolidge is one of the brainiest men who ever sat in the President's chair. I've known him for years. I knew him long before he was Vice President, and I knew he was a man of brains, big brains, years...
First there was Calvin Coolidge. His followers announced definitely for the first time that he would be nominated on the first ballot at the Republican Convention in Cleveland next June? and gave reasons why. In the Convention there will be 1,109 delegates, and 555 votes will nominate. Asserting that they have eliminated from consideration every state whose delegation may possibly go against the President, his followers counted 597 delegates in his favor...
...kindly wait. The two visitors seated themselves in the chairs provided and waited their turn. After an hour Mr. Clark told them they could now see the President. He led the way down the corridor and, opening the door of the President's private office, introduced Messrs. John and Calvin Coolidge, Jr. It was said that the two visitors emerged shortly "blushing and with a look that may have meant they probably would not horn in on a busy day again...
...Calvin Coolidge: "Madame de Teleme, French astrologist, who is said to have forecast the death of President Harding, issued the following statement : "President Coolidge will have to be very careful of himself, although it appears that no untoward event will happen to him. "The influence of Uranus is not favorable to the United States; in her internal policies she will face great difficulties, while political discussions are likely to get the United States in trouble with foreign Powers...