Word: clay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Article II and the 12th Amendment. The election has been thrown into the House twice. In 1800 Jefferson was elected in a tie with Burr; in 1824 John Quincy Adams was elected over Andrew Jackson, Crawford and Clay. When Hayes was elected over Tilden, there was not a case of no majority in the Electoral College. But there was a contest over the validity of 22 electoral votes. A commission of five Representatives, five Senators and five Supreme Court Justices (eight Republicans and seven Democrats) gave the 22 votes to Hayes. Hayes was elected with 185 electoral votes...
...seraphic role is played by a woman. Margaret Mower disarms criticism in male attire by her chastely modulated performance, illustrating that Heaven is not concerned with pants vs. petticoats. The play exalts at all times. It is a good spree for idealists who enjoy watching our current human clay turned into...
...This stratum the investigator likens to the Pre-Cambrian, and assumes to be of great antiquity. Upon this base are laid numerous formations which at recurring intervals indicate an accumulation of debris from the most distant regions of the continent. Traces of Colorado gumbo, New Jersey sand, and Ohio clay were identified. The dominant type, however, was a dust which the analyst designated as Cantabrigian...
...annual contest for which is now an international tennis classic. At first it was contested only between the U. S. and England, but gradually more and more nations have entered the competition. Mr. Davis (with Holcombe Ward) was National Doubles Champion (1899-1901). He has held also the National Clay Court, Western Doubles, Eastern Doubles, Middle States Doubles championships. He at various times took part in polo, boating, football, was the founder of the free public golf links at St. Louis...
Mahonri Young, sculptor, gave proof "to the public" at the Anderson Galleries, Manhattan, that art is a trade and a craft and that "there is nothing mysterious about being an artist." Before 300 amused spectators he worked 50 pounds of wet clay into "a sketch of Joseph Peennell," etcher (TIME, Jan. 14). Both chatted continuously...