Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...determined to become a lawyer. His wife and his shorthand were what helped him through the University of Nebraska. Between classes at the Harvard Law School he was secretary to Philosopher William James. Among his classmates was Elihu Root Jr., under whose father's aegis the Manhattan firm of Root, Clarke, Buckner, Howl and Ballantine was set up in 1912, when the partners were only "five years out of school." The 16-year-old firm now employs fifty-some associates and, a thoroughgoing municipal investigation of considerable gravity being required, Partner Buckner is the man called in. For defense...
...exiled Empress Zita, and sole legitimate heir to the vacant throne of Hungary. He was spending Christmas and New Year's at the Grand Ducal court of Princess Charlotte and Prince-Consort Felix of Luxembourg. Seemingly a successful prayer is the only force which might soon soften the firm resolve of the Allied Powers not to permit the loyal people of Hungary to substitute a king for their present Regent (Admiral Nicholas Horthy...
Testifying last week before the Senate Committee on Territories, President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Senate attacked the liberal-but-firm policy which Col. Stimson represents. But President Quezon intends to leave the Philippines soon, to become Resident Philippine Commissioner in Washington, where he can urge Philippine independence at the adamant doors of Congress instead of in the ears of his docile countrymen. He will be succeeded as Philippine Senate chief by Sergio Osmena, a more mature statesman and no agitator, no propagandist...
...audience which is bound only by interplanetary space. It may not be true that the coughing of the aerial static will be silent as the voice of the host at Hollis 15 travels through the night. Absurd it certainly is to place credence in the rumor that a radio firm has named its newest loudspeaking horn the Cornucopia. Irrelevancies aside, Professor Copeland, whether in Sever 11, the Union, or vibrating the crisp winter air above a million houses is still Copey...
...three, quietly refused to leave, continued to occupy Zion's pulpit. In August the vestry, vexed, refused to pay Rev. Black further salary. Still the Rev. Black stayed on. People wondered why the vestry was so anxious to be rid of this pastor, why this pastor was so firm in his determination to stay...