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Word: coursey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work with his flourishing big double-C signature. Cabinet members (all except Secretary of the Treasury Mellon were present) and learned Senators were called to his side to give a word or two of hasty advice. Six minor bills (such as "an act to reinstate Joe Burton Coursey in the West Point Military Academy") aroused the President's suspicion, so he decided to take them home. Failure to sign these six within ten days will kill them by "pocket veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Jul. 12, 1926 | 7/12/1926 | See Source »

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