Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Last January, the Ku Klux Klan, which had obtained a foothold in that region, began a series of prohibition raids that almost brought on more riots. Glenn Young, the Klan leader, walked the strets with two guns openly strapped at his waist. Troops were called in to halt violence. Young was arrested a month later; when the troops had been withdrawn, a brush occurred in which one man was killed and several were wounded. Again troops, again court proceedings; then city elections, charges and counter charges, arrests and trials...
...think that what happened in Texas yesterday is the death knell of the Klan in Texas, and, furthermore, I think it a blow that is going to be felt by the Klan in every other State in which it has gained a foothold. And I will also say that I am firmly convinced that the splendid victory of the anti-Klan ticket is going to prove a godsend to our National ticket. To my way of thinking, it will be impossible from now on for the Republicans to use the Klan issue against our party. The Democrats have purged their...
...sell out his Union Oil holdings, consisting of 235,565 shares, and employ the funds in the Russian oil fields. The Wall Street firm of Dillon, Read & Co. have purchased the Union shares, and except for a few small subsidiaries Royal Dutch has been prevented from gaining a foothold in the American oil fields. Incidentally, Sir Henri was reported to have sold his Union stock for about $10,000,000 more than he paid...
...cocoanut trees at night, cut down the nuts with their shears and come down to eat the meat of the nuts which have burst in falling. The planters are compelled to protect their trees with collars of tin about six inches wide, on which the crabs cannot get a foothold...
...third candidate, this time a Democrat, to emerge in 1924 is Senator Underwood of Alabama. By comparison he treads softly. He has a moderate foothold in the delegates of the South with which to go to the Democratic Convention and do his fighting there. It seems probable that he will go as an anti-bonusite (he is expected to vote against overriding the President's veto) and not irreconcilably dry. In both respects he will be in sufficient contrast to the other leading Democratic candidate...