Word: calvinism
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...with a less constructive but perhaps giddier national mood that found expression in the election of two laissez-faire Presidents. On the eve of the 1920 election, H.L. Mencken came out in favor of Warren Harding, "an honest reactionary" who pledged a return to normalcy. Harding's successor, Calvin Coolidge, won in 1924 on a platform of tax and budget cutting. Coolidge's "chief feat
Earlier in the century, the state was heavily Republican, voting for the GOP through 1928. In 1924, the state offered up the Republican's Republican. Calvin Coolidge. As the largely Irish Democrats gained strength from the first Irish Catholic Presidential candidate, Al Smith in 1928, and the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the two parties fought to a stalemate in the state through the fifties...
...baton passed smartly from Sam Graddy to Ron Brown to Calvin Smith, whose only role in the Olympics was this 100-meter leg. Smith's famous early burst won the lead, and Lewis' 8.94 split topped off the first world record of the Olympic track meet: 37.83. Lewis' sister Carol, who had failed to make the finals in the women's long jump, greeted him with a bouquet and a heart-shaped balloon-hearts and flowers. "This has been the time of my life," he said. "I'm tired emotionally and physically. The world record...
...with an entire generation, not a particular group, race, nationality or sex. But the rich don't want to blend in with the working class any more. We want clothes that flaunt our individuality, that show off our status, and the rich want to stand out." Having Calvin Klein's name or Gloria Vanderbilt's signature attached to the hind portion of a pair of denims is one way to stand out a little bit, but moniker flash may also be passing away. The Gloria Vanderbilt people, for example, admit guardedly that there has been a sales...
Mark McDermott, 48, a native of Taunton, Mass., was arrested at Dulles Airport because he is wanted by New Hampshire police in connection with a theft investigation. He and freed Prisoner Calvin Privette, 29, were charged with drug trafficking in Cuba in 1982 after their boat drifted into Cuban territory...