Word: congress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this not an ironic comment on Prohibition? If the Secretary of State is allowed to sip, however sparingly, may we not expect a reasonable immunity from the law if we also sip? Should not Congress issue a list of those who may sip and those who will be arrested if they are caught sipping? Then you would not be troubled with letters from curious people like myself...
...Sausages, buckwheat cakes and maple syrup were served according to ritual at a White House breakfast attended by 14 functionaries of Congress ? chaplains, librarians, doorkeepers and the like. Many were the quips, many the Presidential laughs. After the meal, the President could reflect that he had completed his quota of Congressional breakfasts...
...centenary celebration in 1932. "The most beautiful boulevard in the world, costing $4,250,000 will be completed by that year. It will extend for 14 miles between Washington and Mt. Vernon, will be 200 feet wide, and," he added with a chuckle, "the appropriation was passed by Congress a few days ago, but the newspapers seem to have overlooked it." Professor Hart explained that he is now engaged in the preparation of a 25-volumes edition of Washingtoniana. This edition will contain photographic copies of every known and available document written by or to Washington, and will necessitate about...
...Ruth Sears Baker Pratt, famed New York City alderwoman, who is listed in the Social Register, will enter the U. S. Congress as Representative on March 4. To succeed her as alderman the Republican District Committee chose last week another Social Registerite. He is Joseph Clark Baldwin III., Manhattan banker, graduate of St. Paul's School and Harvard...
...midst of animated partisan argument on Prohibition, in and out of Congress, President Lowell's article in the current Atlantic Monthly strikes a clear and thoughtful note. Occupying a key position in American intellectual life, a university president has opportunities to observe what is really going on among those who lead public opinion, and to take a detached and impartial point of view. In strong contrast to such an attitude is that of the American legislator, who has to think continually of several hundred thousand constituents and ordinarily feels compelled to share their prejudices and reduce his intellectual level...