Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been south of the latitude of Chicago. For 20 years he has used that term to mean a rope-made halter that tightened up on a horse when he offered any resistance to being led. The pressure of the rope around the nose "persuaded" the horse to follow the leader...
...course, it was the same Senate-the 69th. There was Sen. Charles Curtis, the Republican leader, getting up from his back row seat and going out with Sen. Reed Smoot, the tall, lean Mormon, who is Chairman of the Finance Committee. When the latter speaks, it is with a dry holy passion for financial soundness. Mr. Curtis rarely speaks, but together they steer, or attempt to steer the Senate. Last week they brought peace into the Republican ranks, placated the insurgents with good committeeships...
...Regardless of party, these Senators will soon learn to admire the Republican leader in the dark suit in the back row-Sen. Charles Curtis...
...death of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in 1924, Senator Curtis took over the reins of Republican leadership. Previously he had been, the assistant leader, busy salving the wounds which Senator Lodge inflicted upon his fellow Republicans. As leader, Senator Curtis, for the first time in recent years, succeeded in closing the short session of the 68th Congress on March 4, 1925, without all-night sessions. He kept the calendar clear, the legislative machinery grinding. Nothing roils Senator Curtis more than blocs and filibusterers...
Sayles, the newly elected chairman of the committee, was vice-president of his Junior Class and has played three years on the University football eleven; Haggerty is Captain of the 1927 track team; Ellison is leader of the hockey team; Kilgour has played three years with the University gridiron squad; Lundell is chairman of the social service, committee of the Phillips Brooks House, and a track man: Robinson, played end on the football team and Hitch is president of the Glee Club...