Word: calvinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Since 1900 the shortest presidential message (8,000 words) was by Calvin Coolidge, the longest (34,980 words) by William Howard Taft. Average length: 15,000 words...
...Democrats were not inclined to criticize Mr. Raskob because of the stock market, Republicans were. Last fortnight in the Senate, Democratic Leader Robinson of Arkansas attributed in part the recent market crash to a flow of unduly optimistic statements from Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Andrew William Mellon. Defending the Republicans, Senator Robinson of Indiana rose to blame Mr. Raskob for the frenzy of speculation. He called Mr. Raskob a "plunger," cited Mr. Raskob's published faith in stocks, his plans for a workers' investment trust, his null General Motors statement (TIME, Feb.11) as public inspirations to gambling, responsible...
...Manning. Short, round, bespectacled, 63, with plump, mild face and greyish head, he dislikes to be called high-church, prefers "oldfashioned Episcopalian." He has been head of the parish of the Intercession more than 25 years. Born in Gardner, Mass., he is a graduate of Amherst (nine years before Calvin Coolidge), the General Seminary, St. Stephen's College. He is known as a good preacher, scholar of church architecture, president of the Sanctity of Marriage Society which seeks to keep divorced persons from remarrying in the Church, 32nd-degree Mason, national chaplain of the National Association of Masonic Square...
...American, once noted as a pedestrian, commercially-minded "success-story" magazine, under Editor Crowell had been growing somewhat more sprightly, less reflective of the Alger-like business careers of button kings. Prominent among contributors in the American's November issue are Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Biographer Emil Ludwig, Funnyman George McManus, Authors Ellis Parker Butler, Alice Duer Miller, Will Irwin. In circulation, too, has the American grown. When Editor Crowell first grasped the pencil-scepter, the American claimed a paltry 1,900,000 readers. When his weary fingers relinquished their grip, 350,000 had been added...
Thurston was a great success in China. He likes the Chinese. Once he gave a performance at the White House, borrowed Calvin Coolidge's watch, seemingly smashed it to bits. Mr. Coolidge was imperturable, said nothing. Thurston returned the watch unharmed, congratulated the President on "setting the standard of discretion for the world...