Word: calvinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Henry Cabot Lodge, senior U. S. Senator from Massachusetts: "In a cartoon labeled 'I Hate All Presidents,' Rollin Kirby of The New York World pictured me pointing to a placard- MY ACHIEVEMENTS-which read: 'I struck down Woodrow Wilson, I stultified Warren Harding, I betrayed Calvin Coolidge...
President Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4. Now that the confusion of election day approaches, it is rumored that the President's campaign managers will utilize this fact as a slogan. Supporters of Coolidge have always considered him a "men of destiny," and the chance occurrence of his birthday coming on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is expected to heighten this reputation. But by the law of averages, there will be 300,000 people in the United States who will not consider the President a "man of destiny," because their own birthdays come on the same date...
...reld, Sterling, Wadsworth-and two Democrats-Fletcher and Trammell- had been converted to the President's view. Moreover, it remained for Fletcher, a Democrat, to say that the President's remarks were "unanswerable." In view of the fact that most of the Republicans expect to support Calvin Coolidge for the Presidency next Fall, it was a curious spectacle...
...Coolidge issued a proclamation of which the following is an excerpt: "Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred in me by the said joint resolution of Congress do hereby declare and proclaim that I have found, as has been formally represented to this Government by the Government of Cuba, that there exist in Cuba such conditions of domestic violence which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States as contemplated by the said joint resolution...
...During some 60 years of its existence the Review was a quarterly. Colonel Harvey proposes to return it to this periodicity. Its present monthly size will be increased by 48 pages. Beginning with the June number, the returned editor will contribute a leading article to each issue- beginning with Calvin Coolidge: " Yea, I have a goodly heritage "- David. He told reporters that he would favor Coolidge and that the Review would remain independent...