Word: long
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Jerome Davis Greene, Manhattan Republican, partner in Lee, Higginson & Co., long associated with the Rockefeller Foundation. Reason: doubt that Nominee Hoover has sufficient "diplomacy and tact" to lead Congress and public opinion...
...have selected my man as carefully as I chose my first pair of long trousers. Of course I am for Governor Smith. I find that most intelligent and broadminded young people heartily approve of him. Briefly, Smith is more of a man than Hoover, has a better record and would make a better President."−Austin Lamont, youngest son of Thomas William Lament, partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. Mr. Lament Sr., is a Hooverite...
...glad to state that we are meeting with wonderful success. Members are coming in daily, glad for a chance to receive their long delayed political justice...
Last week the time had come when the Vicomte deserved another long holiday. He and his wife conferred as to what they should do. This time they had nine months at their disposal−obviously, the proper thing was a trip around the world. Obviously also, if you have been an ace, you understand that the majority of aeronautical accidents are the pilot's fault and that being up in the air, so long as no one is shooting at you from another plane, is as safe as being on the ground and much more pleasant. Accordingly...
...first hole at Brae Burn is 337 yards with a brook at the depth of the fairway, just below the green. Smart golfer', use an iron from the tee for a long pitch to the green rather than take a chance on driving into the brook. When Jones and Perkins went out to play their match, Perkins took an iron out, Jones took a wooden club−and a six for the hole to Perkins' four. Perkins was one up until the fourth; then Jones evened the match. At the end of the morning round, Jones...