Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fiercely, Miner Clark fought with Miner Daly. They battled for land titles, for the tribal leadership of the outlaw camp. All through the '90s, while Montana was becoming a state, the enemies sparred for position. Clark's great triumph came in 1899. With $431,000, his lieutenants bought him a seat in the U. S. Senate. Their slogan: "Every man who votes for Clark is to be paid, and the men who vote for him without being paid are fools." After he was elected, he poured $30,000 worth of champagne into Helena, the capital...
Chrysler-Dodge. In a dull market, common stock of the Chrysler Corp. and preference stock of Dodge Bros., Inc. assumed leadership, soared 10 points in a single session to new high levels for all time. Wall Street debated: Could the Chrysler-Dodge combine threaten General Motors supremacy? Commenting on results of the merger, E. F. Hutton & Co. noted: "Chrysler obtains a second dealer organization of 6,000. It thus becomes the only automobile company in a position to compete with General Motors in the latter's highly successful plan of a separate dealer organization for cars selling in different...
...most inconspicuous in the Hoover movement with the exception of Senator Moses, who had to fight for the place he did get. If Hoover is elected with Republican Dryness a dominant issue, the Moses record as a Wet might even interfere with his inheriting from Senator Curtis the leadership...
...insulting, conscienceless" choice of John J. Raskob, wealthy Wet, for Democratic National Chairman . . . "faithless, immoral leadership...
...hypnotized, obsessed. Evenings, he pored over the Bible, sweated to convert his friend the agnostic. And evenings, there was Eirwen, sensuous, beautiful, alluring. Reuben's quick passions were aroused and tormented, but another self damned them as unholy. Meanwhile his gift of oratory won him the leadership of a sect of fanatics who confessed, screamed, rolled in mystic joy. In a country-wide revival his converts rivalled Elmer Gantry's in emotional displays, but his own motive and reaction, unlike Elmer Gantry's, are recorded in art and not in bitter propaganda. Author Davies has crudities...