Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...became private secretary to the late Senator Alexander Stephens Clay. After the death of Senator Clay Banker Harris was elected to the State Senate without opposition, presently became State Democratic Chairman. His opportunity came in 1912. He was one of the original Wilson men of Georgia, ran the state campaign of that year. In the White House, Woodrow Wilson made him Director of the Census Bureau, later put him on the Federal Trade Commission, of which he became chairman. In 1918 Senator Tom Hardwick was up for reelection, opposed by Bill Schley. The campaign was getting hot when Harris appeared...
...Wednesday's Boston Herald, Burt Whitman, sports writer, in a column headed "Why all this hysteria?" charged Harvard undergraduates and graduates in general with an unwarranted and foolish optimism in regard to the approaching grid campaign. In fact he included in his indictment all football fans "within 50 miles of the sacred cod atop the state house." He says, "It begins to look as if Harvard might win all of its games by undergraduate and general fan edict before a single game is played. It is a hysteria of optimism which is not at all uncommon in college football circles...
...promising array of ball-carriers from which to choose a couple of versatile quartets. But it is safe to say that those who answer the referees starting whistle tomorrow may well be forced to give way to certain Crimson-jerseyed aspirants now close on their heels before the fall campaign advances much further...
What Lord Birkenhead will discuss with Mr, Clarke he did not say, though a prospective $50,000,000 expansion campaign for his English company might well furnish an interesting topic of conversation. To U. S. newsmen, however, Lord Birkenhead spoke chiefly generalities. Said...
During the early season sessions in 1928, Coach Horween and his aides concentrated on straight running plays. This campaign, however, has brought to light the revival of an aerial attack. The lateral is once again an important Crimson scoring threat. It was made known yesterday that during the six scrimmages some 50 laterals have been tried, about 45 successfully completed. Even more encouraging is the fact that the Harvard eleven may boast of no mean ability in the forward passing game. J. W. Potter '30, 212-pound fullback, seems to be the main cog in the aerial machine...