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Politics: When he returned to his Chicago law practice in 1947, Illinois Democrats picked him to run against Dwight Green, who seemed sure of reelection. Jacob ("Jack") M. Arvey, Cook County Democratic chairman, accepted Stevenson, whom he had met only a few months before, as the sacrificial lamb. Stevenson swept into office over Green by the biggest margin any candidate ever piled up in Illinois (572,000 votes), while Harry Truman won the state by a slim 33,612. As governor, Stevenson sent state police out to stop commercial gambling downstate when local officials failed to act, lopped...
...First Church of Boston for giving "entertainment to disorderly Company & ministering unto ym wine & strong waters even unto Drunkenesse & yt not wth out some iniquity both in ye measure & pryce thereof." In 1681, however, Sister Cleaves of Roxbury got off with a public admonition, although she had "corrupted Mr. Lamb's neger" so that "in a discontent" he had set two houses afire...
Jones and Maria have drawn up a chart for easy reference, using Maria's designations: White the married, who liked lamb and pork, but no shrimp; White the father of Cricket (Frank White III), who liked fruits, eggs, bacon and pastries; and White the criança (youngster), who refused milk and potatoes for fear of becoming White the fat. Now, when the name of Senhor White comes up, Maria goes to the kitchen, consults the chart and points out which one she means...
...though its position is, has recently shown more resistance to Peking pressure. Yet the British still held out the hand of diplomatic recognition to the Chinese Communists, even though their ambassador was spurned, and their Peking chargéd'affaires is treated contemptuously, referred to only as "Mr. Lamb" and given no diplomatic status...
Director of the Chemistry Laboratories from 1912 to 1947. Professor Lamb became Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1949 and remained in that post until...