Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seen in months. On easels near the back, newly mounted, freshly painted, stood a 6-ft. sailfish, last observed by the Press when the President landed it off Cocos Island in October. Nearer the front of the room doors were wide open to Franklin Roosevelt's fourth spring in the White House...
...could not do because it would not be "fair to the people of Kansas" to neglect his job as Governor. Second place (20.8%) in the poll went to Senator Borah. That helped even less. Third place (13.2%) went to Colonel Frank Knox. Publisher Knox declined to take the risk. Fourth place (4.1%) went to Herbert Hoover. Mr. Hoover was not even asked. Fifth place (2.9%) went to Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan. He asked to be excused. Sixth place (.6%) to Senator Lester Dickinson of Iowa, who said no thanks...
...first three matches, in each of which her gallery was by far the biggest on the course. She lost, in the final, to Lucille Robinson of Des Moines only when Miss Robinson sank a 6-ft. putt on the third extra hole. It was Patty's fourth major tournament of the winter. In the third, at Palm Beach last fortnight, she lost to "Maureen" in the final, after beating "Glenna" in the second round. The others, the Miami Biltmore Women's Championship and the Women's Champions' Tournament at Punta Gorda...
...Harvard Rifle Club last night won its fourth match in succession at Memorial Hall by defeating Battery L. of the 241st Coast Artillery, 900 to 864. High man of the match was John J. Whoriskey, Jr. '38 with a score of 98 prone and 87 standing, a total...
President Roosevelt has definitely and firmly come out, in a Press Conference, for the bill pending in Congress which would put postmasters of the first three degrees under Civil Service rules. At present only postmasters of the fourth degree are chosen under the merit system, the rest being appointed on four year terms for their spiritual qualities. This bill, therefore, definitely reverses the trend toward more and more spoils under this administration, and makes a great step forward on the path followed without break from...