Word: d
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge told Nominee Hoover that he would help his campaign if and when necessary. Last week to Brule went blind Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota. Senator Schall had said he could approve of neither. Hoover nor Smith for a farmer's reasons. After seeing the President, Senator Schall said he had never actually opposed Nominee Hoover; that he would now in fact support him, being convinced of his honesty and ability...
...except for the Governorship. That was won by Walter Jodok Kohler, affluent maker of plumbing fixtures, builder of a "model" village (Kohler, Wis.), father of grown sons, flyer of a speedy airplane, regent of the State University, adherent of Nominee Hoover. The La Follette candidate, U. S. Representative Joseph D. Beck, ran a Wet second by some 20,000 votes. A Dry third ran Fred R. Zimmerman, Wisconsin's present Governor...
Lest the damned bridegroom should trespass into the church itself, it was roped off. But ropes were quickly lowered to facilitate the exit from the Church of a Most Catholic wedding guest, Her Royal Highness, Marguerite de MacMahon, Duchesse de Magenta, nee Princesse d'Orleans, sister of the Pretender to the Throne of France. Apparently the Princess had blundered into the Church, looking for the wedding, which she later attended in the Vestry...
Each morsel you eat, if you'd be wise. Don't cause your blood pressure e'er to rise By prizing your menu by its size...
...French Government and the city of Paris became aware of the situation and donated to the University of Paris a tract of land opposite the Pare Montsouris, close to the Porte d'Orleans. Sites in this tract were free and 15 foreign countries quickly accepted invitations to build dormitories to lodge their Paris students. There is, however, no U. S. dormitory; nor will there be until the important committee to which Banker Baruch made his donation gets enough money...