Word: headed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Second: Bishop James Cannon Jr. did not head the delegation but attended as President of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South...
...large U-shaped table covered with green cloth; about him, diplomats in formal attire', trim state department ushers, military and naval aides, personages of great official importance. As a civilian he felt a little lost until he caught sight of his good friend Senator Borah sitting up near the head of the U-table. And there, too, were Calvin Coolidge, Frank Billings Kellogg. The Chicago lawyer watched President Hoover, looking hot in a cutaway, shake hands with other people coming through the door from the Green Room...
President Hoover took his place at the head of the U-table. Microphones were removed from the table while photographers took pictures. Before radio men could replace the microphones, President Hoover rose, began hurriedly reading his speech held in his left hand. This mishap prevented a broadcast of his words. Suddenly the East Room air began to rumble with sound as distracted radio announcers substituted for the President, read his speech to their audiences. President Hoover's low voice was swallowed up in the vocal confusion...
...used by Germany. Said Lieutenant Jovice: "Five seconds after the safety pin is pulled out this bomb will explode. Were I about to throw it I would hold the bomb by the handle, so, and would pull out this pin. I keep the arm stiff and throw over my head with this motion-" Something tinkled to the floor. By accident the safety pin, loosened unconsciously by young Lieutenant Jovice had fallen out. Brave Lieutenant Jovice knew what to do. "Drop to the floor!" he barked. "It will not explode for five seconds!" He stepped to the window. The courtyard below...
...Fiedler Sr. retired, took his family to Europe. Since he did not wish Arthur to follow music, the boy ran errands for a Berlin publisher. After five weeks, his head full of harmonics, he rebelled. Fiedler Sr., repentant, taught him the violin from that June into the following Fall. Then, out of 53 competitors he was accepted for one of three vacancies at the Berlin Royal Academy of Music. When War came he sailed for Boston, where the late Conductor Karl Muck hired him for the Boston Symphony. When the U. S. went to war, he went to camp...