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Word: electioneer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no special significance in the refusal of the University authorities to affirm or deny the bulletin of a morning newspaper that Henry Lee Shattuck has been chosen Treasurer of Harvard. Until the appointment of Charles Francis Adams as Secretary of the Navy has been confirmed by Mr. Hoover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I KNOW A SECRET" | 2/28/1929 | See Source »

The sunset of an old administration is generally a strange, distorted hour. Shadows are longest then and the last red glimmer of official prestige is at its richest. Would the President-Elect eclipse the outgoing President? Probably not, for Mr. Hoover is ever cautious. He will sequester himself in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Into the Sunset | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Behind its failure is a story of petty Louisiana politics. Each bidder for the bridge franchise secured the services of a former Governor as counsel. When the New Orleans investment house of Watson-Williams won the bid, a retaliatory political campaign was begun for free ferries and a free bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Bridges v. Ferries | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

"Any hopes of naval limitation Sir Esme Howard may have raised can now be decently buried." London's political dopesters thought that the "Sir Esme scandal" will hurt the Conservatives badly in Britain's coming election.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sir Esme & Sir Austen | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Although every youth whose heels are tagged by the lowest mongrel probably will dispute the claim, Laund Loyalty of Bellhaven was adjudged "best dog." Laund Loyalty is a male collie puppy, nine months old, sable-and-white. He is owned by Mrs. Florence B. Ilch, of Red Bank, N. J...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Reign of Terriers Over | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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