Word: fears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even in his collapse, the President insisted that information of his serious condition should not reach the country for fear of the disturbances it might cause. A conference of physicians was called and they agreed that Mr. Wilson was suffering from a thrombosis on the right side of the brain which paralyzed his motor and sensory muscles on the left side of his body. For a week his life was in jeopardy. Then a gradual recovery began. He was never unconscious. His indomitable will and active mind persisted...
...Grant need not fear that he has gone too far along the path of "modernism" for the University. He will find, probably, that his congregation has gone almost as far. One generation may begin where the preceding generation leaves off. So whether there is to be a debate--which, naturally, would be highly interesting--or whether Dr. Grant comes alone, the University will listen with the keenest attention to whatever plain speaking is forthcoming...
...activities of the Sinclair interest in connection with Teapot Dome. Following Senator Caraways declaration Mr Sinclair had sailed hurriedly for Europe, and he believed several others connected with the affair had done likewise. Mr. Sinclair's private Secretary Mr. G. D. Wahlberg had advised Mr. Roosevelt to resign for fear of damage to his reputation, and Mr Wahlberg had mentioned the pass age of $68,000 to the foreman of secretary Fall's ranch. In concluding Archie Roosevelt declared that his, testimoney was all hearsay but that he believed the Committee should have benefit...
...hearts of the trustees, faculty and students of existing academic institutions. Perhaps they visualize the crumbling ivy-colored walls of old Holworthy Hall and their alma mater no longer required at a time when education has become the possession of all members of society. Let them have no fear. The University must remain--as a laboratory for the Lecture-Publisher
France. It can be fairly asserted, that the actuating motive which drove the French into the Ruhr was fear that the Germans would be able to turn their military defeat into an economic victory. Everything pointed to this end. Germany agreed (under duress) to pay reparations. She paid a fractional part of the sum demanded. Her industries were intact; those of France had been destroyed. The industrial revival in Germany kept pace with the fall of the mark, until the Ruhr occupation put an end to it. The manufactured goods of a mark-infested Germany were poured en masse into...