Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...least one of your readers it seemed unbelievable except for the inherent probability contained in the unrestrained language of the author. I think it safe to say that if the Taft letter had been generally known to the conservative, law-abiding, progressive people of the country before his appointment as Chief Justice of the United States he would not now hold that important office...
...Will A. Oldfield (Democrat)-each predicted, as a matter of course, that their partisans throughout the land would win or retain enough seats to control the U. S. House of Representatives in the 71st Congress. The effect of these campaigns upon the presidential result is almost nil. except in special cases. In allegedly wavering Florida, the last minute efforts of Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the Great Commoner, Democratic candidate for Congress, will doubtless help the Brown Derby. Similarly effective, for Hooverism, has been and will be Ruth Hanna McCormick in faction-ridden Illinois. Lowden was her choice...
...matter of fact, though, we should like to know just what is the purpose of Mr. Cohen's letter. Several perusals of it have yielded no basis for a conclusion, except that it is a specimen of "mud-slinging" and a poor one at that. The statements couched in magnificent sarcasm, are ridiculous in their gross exaggeration, and for that reason it is needless to stoop to refute any of them...
...injury list remains practically unchanged except for the announcement that T. F. Mason '30 will not be ready until the Holy Cross encounter. Otherwise all the promising men will be available for duty against Pennsylvania a week from Saturday...
...observance of the tenets of good taste. When the President & Mrs. Coolidge walked to the dais for the opening of the 49th triennial General Convention of the Church, they picked their way through a lane of approving smiles, nor was there handclapping, for the beating of palm upon palm, except as a signal to acolytes, is neither rubric nor good taste at a church ceremony. When it came time for the House of Deputies (lower legislative house of the convention) to elect a president, only three ballots were necessary to affirm the election of the Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Thorne...