Word: departmentalizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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*At this point President Hoover, reading from manuscript, inadvertently skipped part of his text. The omission: "In the meantime it is essential that a large part of the enforcement activities be transferred from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice."
Mrs. Coolidge took a diamond and platinum brooch 1½ in. by 3½ in. on a 22-in. diamond and platinum chain, the whole containing nearly 400 diamonds (largest stone, five carats) made by Black, Starr & Frost; also a pink leather book containing the names of the lady admirers...
"Sir James" he is sometimes called for his courtly manners. He is full of funny stories, at which he cackles broadly himself. Behind the affable exterior is a sharp business-like personality that achieves difficult objectives. What he knows or thinks about the War Department it is impossible to say...
Now Senators will see, tripping politely up to their august rostrum, a slim person in her early 30's, with bright blond hair and a ready smile. Lola Williams got on in the world by cultivating a small potato patch of her own in a corner of the family...
ĐAdopted a conference report on the Interior Department appropriation bill compromising with the House the condemnation of private land in national parks, by exempting property used for residence or religious purposes.