Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Elected Lieutenant Governor two years and more ago, elected Governor while Lieutenant Governor and Senator while Governor-elect, his course resembles that of Proteus, lightning-change artist of mythology...
...Muses, but they have a thirst unquenchable for college life and comradeship. Nowhere in America do the commons perform the function of "Hall" in an English college. The real fault with our system is that the commmons are not truly commons. Those who, in local opinion, constitute the socially elect dine in club or fraternity houses. At Harvard they number about one-third of each class, and the proportion is said to be increasing. What should be a common meeting ground of all elements in college is a mere round-up of waifs and strays...
During earlier months, when wheat reached $1 a bushel and began to climb above that figure, the claim was made that the wheat market was being manipulated by "Wall Street" to elect President Coolidge this fall. But after Mr. Coolidge's overwhelming victory, wheat kept right on upward. It passed $1.50, next it passed $1.75; and predictions now come from Chicago that $2 wheat will again be seen during this winter...
...your chance to elect...
...tryin' to elect a Bryan...