Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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3) Putting Chicago "on probation" during this period, with semi-annual reports to the Supreme Court. Implied was the possibility of the Court's holding Chicago in contempt if it failed to observe its probation.
Statesman Stimson was patently annoyed that Governor Moody had allowed Texas to drift into such an international tangle. Already bothered by a bad head cold, he sent the Texas executive a message, promising "to see what, if anything, may be wisely done" and observing further: "The Mexican reason [for the...
Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker of New York proclaimed a technical "emergency" in the matter of his wages, had his Board of Estimate raise him from $25,000 to $40,000 per annum, thus becoming the highest-paid public official in the land excepting the U. S. President ($75,000...
"If wages fall below the dole," roared Clydeside Leader Jim Maxton, "we shall know how to raise wages!"
Conservative attacks on the bill were led by famed Winston ("Winnie") Churchill, whilom Chancellor of the Exchequer, who enjoyed a piece of Scot MacDonald's birthday cake in New York last fall (TIME, Oct. 21). Last week Cake-giver MacDonald lashed out at Cake-eater Churchill: "You are making...