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Reports from Brown and Nichols' crow department say that the coxswains of the pre-school eights have begun to get gray hair because of their narrow escapes from disaster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charles River Perilous When Single Scullers Jam Water | 5/7/1940 | See Source »

...afternoon a crow perched over the State Department entrance reserved for diplomats. As Great Britain's Ambassador, the Marquess of Lothian, strode in, the crow cawed. A little crowd of onlookers laughed. Up the steps, through the door walked tall, tanned Hans Thomsen of Germany. Caw, caw, went the crow. Henrik de Kauffmann followed later. Caw, caw. Embattled Norway's Mr. de Morgenstierne, then Sweden's Wollmar Filip Bostrom came and went. Caw, caw. The superstitious crowd no longer laughed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Force with Force | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Jefferson City, where Roman-nosed Governor Lloyd Crow Stark greeted him; to Fulton for a talk at Westminster College, answered questions until midnight, then a 65-mile drive to Macon. Mo. (cold turkey, ham, salad), chatted until 3 a.m. with a dozen politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mr. Farley Takes a Trip | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...reelection; Mr. Neely wants to be Governor. To win, they must break down the powerful Kump-Holt-Hogg* Statehouse machine. They hit the sawdust trail for Mr. Hatch. In his ranks were also Missouri's Bennett Champ Clark, poignantly interested in crippling the State organization of Governor Lloyd Crow Stark; Georgia's George & Russell, who want to clip the wings of Governor E. D. Rivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Senate Comes Clean | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

When old Tom Pendergast shuffled off to jail, credit for overthrowing him was claimed by almost everybody, including Kansas City's vigorous District Attorney Maurice Milligan and Missouri's hardworking Governor Lloyd Crow Stark. Recently Governor Stark avowed his intention of going after the Democratic nomination to the U. S. Senate. His record: cleanup of the Pendergast machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Claimants | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

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