Word: hull
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however, until 1848? that year of European revolutions?that Kossuth achieved the summit of his popularity. In this year Europe was like a ship without a pilot. In the offing were the sombre clouds of revolution, the waves of discontent dashed themselves against the hull, flinging the spray of revolt high into the air, while a whining wind shrieked its final warning. And the crew were 'down below gambling for the destinies...
Endorsed the Capper-Hull Bill for more Army chaplains and higher rank...
...Even the hardy aviators showed every sign of exhaustion, increased by anxiety at the disappearance of their Commander Major Frederick L. Martin. In spite of fatigue and weather they were preparing to seek their comrade, when news arrived of his rescue in Portage Bay by the U. S. destroyer Hull. A leaky tank had forced the flagship Seattle down into the icy waters, and a night's exposure had proved none too pleasant* for the Major and his mechanics...
...Senator Joseph T. Robinson had been assigned the keynote speech, but when it was learned he could not be present, the honor was conferred upon J. Bruce Kremer, of Montana. Mr. Kremer is Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee of which Cordell Hull is Chairman...
Harold Knutson, Congressman from Minnesota, Republican whip in the last Congress: "I took an automobile ride with one Leroy M. Hull, an employee of the Department of Labor. Because I parked my car in the outskirts of Washington in a place where parking is forbidden by law, I was arrested by the Virginia Highway Police, was refused permission to telephone my aged mother and some of my colleagues, was obliged to spend 15 hours in a crowded cell, was compelled to furnish a bond of $5,000. Said I, on being released: 'I am the innocent victim of a terrible...