Word: faces
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interesting question in mass-psychology as to why, in the face of these records, the constant criticism of the work of the "Y" persists. I suggest to Mr. Scott that he read the editorial note written by Frederick Palmer in the American Legion Monthly for September 1928, under the title "Were We Fair...
Vice President Dawes was master of ceremonies. Senate Pages Milburn McCarty Jr. of Eastland, Tex., and John Gordon Logan, carried the two shiny mahogany boxes in which reposed the solemn electoral certificates. Page McCarty is a squint-eyed little boy with a round face, a slight lisp, freckles, a cowlick, and good teeth for apple-biting. He served the Brown Derby during the campaign as personal messenger. He wept honestly when Nominee Hoover was elected. Alert, respectful, he is the Senate's favorite page. Page Logan is Senator Smoot's grandson...
...minority leader Mr. Garrett is young, comparatively. Of his 53 years, 24 have been spent in the House, in laborious ascent through his party organization. A tall stooping man with hollow eyes, a face almost cadaverous, a melancholy voice, he is a devoted lover of the past...
...sentence which Tycoon Morgan was persuaded to utter in 1924, just after he had granted a credit of $100,000,000 to stabilize the tottering French franc. Said he then- and could he wisely have said more?-: "France has taken the necessary steps to stabilize the situation in the face of all contingencies...
...walks of life, is now more generally recognized than ever before. No longer do Chatauqua orations and famous trials make the prominent demands upon public speaking ability. Business men are now compelled to be more than amusing in their after dinner speeches. Engineers are more frequently forced to face large gatherings of experts and to unfold the advantages of the plans they are submitting. The surgeon in his clinic is called upon more frequently to discourse while operating. In every profession public speaking ability has come to the fore as a primary need. Progress is the result of action...