Word: getting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pictured everything under the sun from these libelous and scandalous persecutors, but you did not take any note whatever that it was my administration which had aroused the old time element, because: 1) We began to give school books to all school children of the state, so as to get them in the schools and cure illiteracy. 2) We began to open up night schools for adults, so that we might teach the people from 20 to 70 years how to read and write and spell. We have already turned over thousands of people from illiteracy to literates by this...
Senator Allen, publicity chief of the Hoover campaign, "told me I ought to go out and make Hoover campaign speeches," revealed Shearer. Retorted the Senator: "I wanted to get rid of you around publicity headquarters...
...question raised by Los Angeles boosters, trying to get the 1930 convention for their city, was: "Orange juice or beans?" But Boston won, 742 votes...
...straight way ordered Attorney-General Mitchell to discover whether there had been any violation of the law. The President was careful to point out that all the instances cited were "prior to this Administration." As many citizens recall, President Coolidge was constantly prodding the U. S. Shipping Board to get rid of this floating white elephants...
...Ticknor still continues at the Team B tackle post where he was shifted Monday. With Davis absent, Kuehn filled in as right tackle on Team A, while Talbot again had the right guard assignment. It is as yet a question just who will get the disputed guard and tackle positions on Saturday...