Word: garnered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...distressed" was President Roosevelt when he heard that his onetime Secretary of the Treasury William Woodin had died in Manhattan- whispering in his coma as he lay dying "Yes, Governor . . . no, Governor ... I don't think so, Governor" (see p. 72). Two days later, accompanied by Vice President Garner and members of the Cabinet, he went to Manhattan to attend the Woodin funeral. ¶ To Congress, the President sent a special message asking it to authorize return to Canada of the mace of the Parliament of Ontario, seized by the U. S. Army...
Said Vice President John Nance Garner, when the American Magazine offered him $2,000 for an article he had written: "Nobody would pay John Garner a dollar a word for any article, and nobody can pay the Vice President a cent for it. If you want it you're welcome...
...mean little houses of one of its least attractive sections. In tune with the times, a café and bar have been added; admission prices are down 33⅓% to 50%. But for the first time since 1930, a sell-out is forecast for the Derby. Vice President & Mrs. Garner from horsy Texas and NRAdministrator Johnson, oldtime cavalryman, are scheduled to head the list of celebrities attending the race. "It looks like old times, and the Depression is drawing to a close," confidently observed Colonel Winn from the swivel chair in his office at the track last week...
When the clerks footed up the totals, Vice President Garner quietly announced: ''On this question the yeas are 31. The nays are 31." Several conservative Senators started to walk from the chamber, sure that they had sidetracked the Borah bill. But Mr. Garner, seizing one of his rare opportunities to be useful, halted them in their tracks by shouting: "The Chair votes 'Yea! and lays the bill before the Senate...
...when the Democrats gained control of the House, Garner was promoted to the Speakership. Mississippi was redistricted and Collier lost a seat. Crisp dreamed of becoming a Senator and was beaten. Only Rainey remained. Last spring when the House was choosing a Speaker, John McDuffie of Alabama was a leading candidate until Doughton got busy...