Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Towards the end of his New Jersey visit, he had said: "It is not, and should not be, a campaign based on personalities." Prior to that he had forsworn Intolerance, in his speech of acceptance. He left to Chair- man Work a further repudiation of Whispering. The way his mind was working was revealed by two things he said to some Marylanders who came to see him: "Membership in a political organization is no disgrace," and, "Our campaign is based upon our issues. It is not a campaign of opposition. It is a campaign in favor of the issues...
...Washington, Senator Nye of North Dakota asked the following question: "Shall we as progressive people give our support to the candidate of Tammany, that institution which bitterly fought and assailed Lincoln; which left no stone unturned to defeat that great progressive leader, William Jennings Bryan; which is wide open to the charge of having traded its strength in 1924 against the interests of the candidacy of Robert M. LaFollette, the greatest of all leaders of progressive thought...
...speech had he made in and near Florida's capital, Tallahassee. Last week he mounted a Tallahassee bandstand and began an anti-Smith speech. He touched upon Roman Catholicism. Whizzz-smack went an egg. Mr. Catts continued. Whizzz-smack went many eggs. Mr. Catts stopped talking. Irate, he left the bandstand, offered to fight any man in the crowd in single combat, offered a reward for the apprehension of his eggers...
...extremely modest means of Viscount Byng of Vimy, famed War hero and now Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard (TIME, July 16), were augmented last week when some ?750,000 ($3,650,000) was left to Viscountess Byng by her late, eccentric, oleaginous Greek uncle, M. Pandeli Ralli...
...University eleven on the scrub 15-yard line, and on the second play Putnam ran thirteen yards for a score. The pigskin was brought out and this time placed on the scrub 20-yard line. After Huguley had made a few yards on three line bucks. Holbrook circled the left wing for the last touchdown...