Word: electable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McAdoo is the one great figure now available in our party. William G. McAdoo has all the qualities of a national leader and a great executive. He is a man of action and a man of decision . . . The supporters of Mr. McAdoo intend to nominate him and to elect him to the Presidency...
...addition to the above forms of exercise. Freshmen will also be able to elect swimming to satisfy their requirements. During the afternoon the Big Tree Swimming Pool will be used for the required swimming classes solely for those Freshmen who are unable to swim...
...shining brightly in Peking when, at 7:45 a. m. on Oct. 10. the twelfth anniversary (according to the Chinese calendar) of the birth of the Chinese Republic, *Presdent-Elect Marshal Tsao-Kun stepped from the train which had brought him to Peking...
Shortly after arriving at the Presidential Palace, the President-Elect entered the main reception room, where the chief officers of state were assembled. Marshal Tsao-Kun read to them a short inaugural address, bowed three times, retired...
...former occasion when the election was attempted (TIME, Sept. 24), it was found that the Members of Parliament present were short of the quorum necessary to elect a President. The day was saved, however, by the arrival of a train from Tientsin bearing 38 additional members, more than enough to make up the quorum, who received great ovations from their fellow members. The combined 590 Senators and Members trooped into the Assembly Hall of Parliament and were ceremoniously " locked in." The election had begun...