Word: handed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diplomats have visited the Texas. Just about sunset last Wednesday, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the famous Flying Colonel, came aboard. The Colonel had dinner with Admiral Wiley, Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Fleet, and after dinner attended the movies. When the Colonel appeared at the movies 'All Hands' gave him a good hand. The Colonel waved his hand but begged off when asked to make a speech, saying 'I am not much of a speech maker.' We were all honored and pleased to have this splendid young man on board...
...Hoover added: "I am anxious to clear up the twilight zone, as far as we can between authoritative and quotable material, on one hand, and such material as I am able to give from time to time for purely background purposes on the other...
...from the cares of the Presidency in the same humor that made him remark to Mrs. Coolidge when Inauguration Day turned out rainy: "Well, Grace, it usually rains on moving day." Receiving reporters in his old law office, bearing the sign of "Coolidge and Hemenway," he held in his hand, and ratified with a grin, a cartoon which showed him lying in a New England bed under a New England comforter, derisively grinning at an alarm clock that was trying to get him up at 7 a.m. He said that he was not going abroad, was not going to become...
...first result of these conferences was a number of decisions all calculated to strengthen the hand of the Mexican Government, 1) The arms embargo of 1924 was continued. This embargo forbids the general exportation of arms and ammunition to Mexico (i. e., to rebels) but permits such materials to be delivered to the Mexican Government under special license from the U.S. Government. 2) Licenses were promptly granted to the Mexican Government for such war materials as it wished to buy from private firms in this country. 3) Commercial airplanes (easily convertible to fighters) which were removed a year ago from...
...other nationalities, their only recourse is to the Council of the League, which under the treaties, is to safeguard their interests. Off-hand this would appear to be a good arrangement and to provide sufficient protection. The League Council has, in fact, done good work in smoothing over difficulties of a minor nature and in paving the way to better relationship through gentle pressure upon various governments. But it has been, to date, unable to handle the larger issues satisfactorily. After all, the League Council is the organ of the larger powers and in its discussions the conflicting interests...