Word: joints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first to sight land after the U. S. coastline had narrowed to invisibility. Luis, the Norwegian cook, won it. When the ship arrived at Santander a smart swarthy person greeted her from the deck of his yacht and explained: "I am the King of Spain." The crew was embarrassed. Joint-Owner Elihu...
...Debated a resolution creating a joint committee to study Prohibition administration...
Just before it adjourned last week, the Senate was asked by Washington's Senator Jones (Dry author of the Five & Ten law) to pass a resolution, as requested by the President for a joint commission to study Prohibition and recommend if necessary changes in administration and responsibility. The Senate at once began to debate the Hoover attitude on Prohibition. Virginia's Senator Carter Glass, thoroughly Dry and now thoroughly aroused, led the attack. His sharp voice crackled, his small body trembled with indignation...
Senator Glass ridiculed the idea of passing the Jones Resolution for another joint Commission on Prohibition, declaring: "There is not a fact to be ascertained, not one, not now immediately available to the President and the department heads affected. It is an attempt by the executive . . . to shift to the Congress initial responsibility...
...leader of the gang was Sam Vettori. Fat and cunning, Sam owned the spaghetti joint over which the gang met. Rico's cop-murder alarmed Sam. Conservative, Sam protested: "Love of God, didn't I tell you no gunwork?" Rico retaliated by reducing Sam's share of the spoils. Sam acknowledged defeat graciously. Reason: the gang's best guns were behind ruthless Rico. So Rico rose to leadership of the gang...