Word: formely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Economic Welfare. The U. S. population, said the President, has been swelled by immigrants "almost always without money and too often without learning. . . . To form all these people into an organization where they might not merely secure a livelihood, but by industry and thrift, have the opportunity to accumulate a competency, such as has been done in this country, is one of the most marvelous feats ever accomplished by human society...
...attention-loving West; Cleveland and Philadelphia because they are nearer Washington and it may be that Congress will not have adjourned-thanks to Democratic strategy-before the G. O. P. convention meets. Cleveland and Philadelphia moreover were both unembarrassed by "native sons." It is considered bad political form to nominate a man in his own state. The possibility of Herbert C. Hoover's being chosen counted against San Francisco for this reason. In Pennsylvania, the only native son who might loom was Andrew Mellon, but he was not likely to choose to loom. In Ohio, Senator Frank Willis...
...favor, therefore, the mobilizing of every ounce of power and political efficiency that we have to enforce this amendment. I would not compromise upon the subject in any way, shape or form...
...told them that the teacher was what they termed "cuckoo." A year ago Dr. Emil Altman, chief medical examiner of the Board of Education, was called to see whether Miss Byrne was capable of teaching. After examining her with care, he stated that she was suffering from a "paranoid form of psychosis." At this, Mary Byrne was removed from her classroom, given odd jobs to do in the Training School Library so that she could earn her salary of $3,700 a year, while the Board of Education investigated her case...
Cast into the form of an effective and pleasantly unpretentious revue, the novelty and chief attractiveness of the production lies in the cleverness of the negro cast which goes through its paces with an air that lends more individuality to the production than the skill of single performers. The musical background of the performance is the best part of it, and the songs and dances are executed with an ease and natural en- thusiasm of which only negroes are capable. This atmosphere in so sirongly prevalent that an unusual degree of continnity is preserved through the succession of unrelated scenes...