Word: henchmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cheap, into New England from the midwest went a little man used to doing things in a big way - Samuel Insull, public utility pope of Chicago. His operations centred at first in Maine, where securities of his Central Maine Power & Light have become popular legal tender and his henchmen, Walter S. Wyman and Guy P. Gannett, are ruling powers. Mr. Wyman is Water Power. Mr. Gannett, a cousin of Chain-Publisher Frank Gannett of Rochester, Syracuse, Brooklyn, Hartford, Albany, Utica, Elmira, Newburgh-Beacon (N. Y.), Plainfield (N. J.), Ithaca, Olean (N.Y.), Ogdensburg (N. Y.), is Power of the Press...
Where past salvagers failed to raise Caligula's barge, Premier Mussolini's scientific henchmen were last week succeeding by an inverse procedure. Four great electric pumps, which they had set up at Lake Nemi's edge, were lowering the water level. By April 21, the 2,280th anniversary of Rome's legendary founding, they must, according to their instructions, uncover the vessel. Last week only a few feet of water remained above it. It is probable that the pumpers will make their schedule and the curious may gloat at the water-logged site of Caligula's orgies...
...always been customary for all Ministers and Ambassadors to tender their resignations to an incoming President. But the increasingly numerous and important "career" diplomats, who have earned the rank of Minister after long and meritorious service, might well feel differently about getting out than would politically-appointed Ambassadors, party henchmen, "lame ducks...
Argentina's Irigoyen easily won the election (TIME, May 21) without uttering a single campaign speech. More and more, as time goes on, he works through trusted henchmen, seemingly confident that Argentina's masses will remember that he is their man, the first "man of the people" to hold the Presidential Baton...
...sick man of Europe" who attacked Greece in 1822. It was the conquering greedy Turk, bloody scimitar in hand, who hacked his way through the country, finally battered at the walls of Argos. Demetrios Ypsilanti held the citadel with 300 henchmen against 30,000 Turks. For three days Hero Ypsilanti did not budge; thereafter his name was ranked in Greek legend with Leonidas of Thermopylae...