Word: ex-governor
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...Declared Connecticut's Governor Raymond E. Baldwin: A Yankee is "just someone who lives in Connecticut, someone with plenty of grit, determination and get-up-to-go to him. We're all Yankees up here. Why, everybody here except an Indian has always been a Yankee." Said ex-Governor Wilbur Cross: A Yankee is "a reasonably honest, good citizen, who obeys the laws-pretty well." Added the New York Herald Tribune: "A Connecticuter of the old line in a New York penthouse may have less of the 'old traditional Yankee perspective' than an immigrant...
...which Porkies may sit in their chairs and watch the street, the Long Room, lined from floor to ceiling with books, the banquet chairs, each with the name plate of its donor on the back. Presiding at the banquet was the Pore's grand marshal, Maine's ex-Governor William Tudor Gardiner. On this first occasion, the new members were allowed to drink only sherry...
...Roosevelt's friends sent a furtive message last week asking that his name be withdrawn. The Oregon New Dealers told the messenger to go chase himself. Pitted against Roosevelt will be John N. Garner, who was filed by his Oregon manager, a crusty old purgee, ex-Governor Charles Henry Martin. Rather than go out and get the 1,000 signatures, he paid the $100 filing...
...Governor Saltonstall sent his best wishes and called attention to the Colonel's tolerance and trustworthiness. Ex-Governor Hurley was present, and extolled his loyalty to the University, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge sent a message of praise. Joseph Kennedy, Ambassador to England, wired a message wishing good luck...
...veteran head of Harvard care takers and Yard Police will be the toast of several speeches by such dignitaries as ex-Governor Charles F. Hurley, Attorney-General Dever, Dean Hanford, and Dean Laudis...