Word: credititis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME-Oh, Tempus-you better fugit before the Commander sees this-you know he has a few more years to his credit than this meaningless, insipid drawing gives him. . . . Look up a P. & A. photo and see if I'm just in my criticism...
Again spoke the U. S. Secretary of State, making a reference to French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, granting him inspirational credit in the authorship of the treaty. Twenty-five minutes later Mr. Kellogg was in a train which rattled into the Gare St.-Lazare, Paris, 45 minutes ahead of schedule, to the discomfiture of newsmen, of whom only one, forlorn, was present. U. S. Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick, prominent welcomer, arrived at the station late...
John Jerome Gorman, onetime (1921-23 and 1925-27) Congressman, and chief investigator of history books, wrote a letter to Mayor Thompson about it. "It is a notable victory in the face of tremendous odds," he said. "To you belongs the credit. It. may be that in certain quarters you will not be accorded your credit for this victory . . . but when the permanent imperishable record is written for all time, history will proclaim, your achievements...
...preserve the integrity and purity of the ballot, to promote reverence and respect for law and order. I promise to practice my religion openly and consistently, but without ostentation, and to so conduct myself in public affairs, and in the exercise of public virtue as to reflect nothing but credit upon the Holy Church, to the end that she may flourish and our country prosper to the greater honor and glory...
...amount of liquor toped and swizzled in Sweden has been approximately halved during the past 15 years. Arrests for drunkenness have been halved. Crimes of violence have been reduced almost two-thirds. Swedes give the credit to Dr. Ivan Bratt. Yet he has just resigned as President of the Swedish Liquor & Wine Trust: a unique corporation, doing business with the strange object of making as few sales as possible yet always paying to contented shareholders...