Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...became a bond salesman and learned the art of lobbying in the Connecticut legislature, getting his bonds made nontaxable. He became a power in Connecticut politics, a great friend of Boss (Senator) Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, and had been chosen by Theodore Roosevelt as his political manager for the campaign of 1920. After Roosevelt's death, he managed General Wood's campaign for a time before he fell out with the Wood supporters. He finally went to Chicago as an anti-Wood man and did much to block Wood's nomination. But the rest of the Connecticut...
...months ago to fill the late Senator Ralston's unexpired term (TIME, Nov. 2), for two years. In the Republican primaries Watson was faced by a young lawyer, Claris Adams, supported by Postmaster General New and others who have no reason for liking Watson. Adams made a whirlwind campaign, excoriating Watson's "sterile statesmanship" and "30 years of deals, deals, deals." Watson leaned back secure in the possession of an effective political machine, and made only one speech in the entire campaign. He was renominated by a majority of some...
...next week, and, it being Pennsylvania, the chief interest is in the Republican choice. There are three candidates. Senator Pepper, running for renomination, is backed by the Mellons and the organization of the western part of the state. Cyrus E. Woods, former Ambassador, is managing Mr. Pepper's campaign. He is Dry and his issue is support of the Administration. The second candidate is Governor Pinchot, fighting for nomination on the ground that he is Dryer than Pepper. He has a good bit of the church vote and also of the miner vote-important in Pennsylvania. The third...
John Paul Jones never had an opportunity to concentrate on the two-mile event during any spring campaign when he was undergraduate. It is my firm belief, however, that he could have broken any American college record existing today from 880 yards to ten miles...
...general decline in the art of talking can not of course be laid to any one institution. Nor is a consciously planned and press-agented campaign to promote conversation the remedy for indolence of discussion. Rather the end may be accomplished by a studied indirection of effort...