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Word: houston (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second half of the book constitutes the New York Democrat's speech placing Al in nomination at the Houston convention. This is somewhat more flossy, necessarily so, conventions being what they are. Probably the speech is not great, but it boasts a certain happy phrasing and a very evident ring of sincerity...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: Al Smith | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...President's parents' and Calvin Coolidge Jr.'s. They visited Uncle John and Aunt Gratia Wilder and drove over to Proctorville to see Aunt Sarah Pollard. Her son was there too, Park H. Pollard, famed as one of the Democrats who seconded the Smith nomination at Houston. There were kisses and conversation. Everyone said "Cal" and "Grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: My Fellow Vermonters. . . . | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

Then there was the Dry bloc at Houston. The Warrior surmounted it, but not without losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Warrior | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...28th day of June, 1928, at Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three Whispers | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

HAVELOCK ELLIS-PHILOSOPHER OF LOVE-Houston Peterson-Houghton Mifflin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Modern Aesthete | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

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