Word: doned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy-building program appeared blocked, so the President agreed to cut down on it if Congress would at least authorize building 25 cruisers (see p. 9). Fresh warnings emanated from the White House on tax-cutting, tariff-tampering, flood control, shipping policy, etc., etc. Congress had sat long and done little. Should it become extravagant to make up for lost time, vetoes might ensue...
...Willis letter, continuing, revealed that he, a candidate for the Presidency, had stooped to discuss patronage: "... I have played the game square. ... I can only say this, in perfect good nature, that if in this contest the organization feels that what I have done is of so little importance as not to merit consideration, I shall, of course, feel in the remaining time I am in the Senate, that I will be fully justified in following a different course...
...relative value. A "major" sport is such only because it represents a major interest, and a "minor" sport likewise. It seems illogical to expect that to call a letter "major" will make it valuable. It seem rather that to make all sports and insignia major as has been done at Illinois will only take the force away from the term and leave the attitude pretty much as before...
...Music and aviation have two things in common," he said, as a chorus of Lettish singers came off the stage, "they inspire friendly relations. The recent trans oceanic flights have done a great deal to bring about tolerance and under standing, and these in turn are the basis for friendship...
...have dealt with Miss Mullen will ever forget her--her wavy gray hair, her keen eyes, her sharp outspokenness, her unconcealed contempt of all that is slovenly and inaccurate, her passion for work perfectly done, her boundless delight in flowers, her merciless insight, her royally generous and merciful heart...