Word: jobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Later, to another caller, the President was said to have said, "There are plenty of other men in the country for the job. This is not a one man country. Ten years is a long time to be President...
Homelier, Thomas A. Edison said: "He is getting sick of his job...
After losing the Republican nomination for President in 1920 he accepted the thankless job of Governor General of the Philippines. His administration was highly efficient, productive ? though Filipinos clamoring for independence called it harsh. Said Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Senate, long a foe of Governor General Wood's administration: "He was always courteous to me. He was a hard working chief executive and always determined in his purpose to do the right thing...
...spring day in 1888 a conservative-looking youth marched into the office of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, got a job as a reporter. Eight years later he started to write editorials. In 1911 he was chief editorial writer. In 1922 he became editor...
...gassing in France, goes away with the married daughter of his father's one scarlet woman, Tannis. On their westbound train it is revealed that John will probably die soon of tuberculosis. Rain Sr., discovers the flatulence of his faith, but, lacking courage to start afresh, keeps his job and remains, like his congregation, sheepish and grey of soul...