Word: come
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President's office. He was President Coolidge's great & good friend, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, who used to be a college president* and still looks like one though he long since mastered the art of big politics-mastered it so well that he has come to be regarded as President Coolidge's mouthpiece on the Senate floor. President Coolidge once tried to dispel this aura from Senator Fess by saying that not even in the Senate days of William Morgan Butler of Massachusetts did the Coolidge Administration have an accredited Senate spokesman. Nevertheless, Senator Fess...
...office of President de facto from Jan. 17 to Oct. 30, 1926," and inasmuch as the U. S. sponsored a treaty wherein the Central-American nations agreed to deny recognition to unconstitutional governments, therefore the U. S. could not recognize any administration headed by General Chamorro that might come to power...
...school at Athens had announced a few days before that Arthur Woods, onetime (1914-18) police commissioner of New York City, had already furnished checks approximating $250,000 to begin the project, largest and most costly archeological diggings ever undertaken. Two and a quarter millions more would come as work progressed. Professor Capps had planned to get the money from U. S. universities and patrons of Archeology. Solicitation, he knew, would be difficult. U. S. schools have their domestic money needs. Mr. Woods' checks physicked the trouble...
...François Auguste Rodin's three-foot bronze, "The Kiss." Of this statue there are many marble replicas and one bronze original; the second bronze casting, given by the sculptor to a friend, had been believed lost for many years. "Where," dealers asked one another, "did it come from...
...clock to decide which team is to travel to Yale to meet the Eli class champions. The Seniors have won two games and lost none, while the Juniors have won two and lost one. The series may result in a deadlock if the Juniors win, while if the Seniors come through today they will be undisputed champions...