Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Thad H. Brown of Ohio is the man who nearly two years ago received a letter, first public intimation, from the then Secretary of Commerce that he would run for President. Col. Brown managed the Commerce Secretary's campaign in Ohio. Last week a piece of paper fluttered down into the Senate, seeming to say "Eureka." President Hoover had at last found a Federal post appropriate for his friend, had nominated him to be Chief Counsel for the Federal Power Commission...
...Manhattan, Patrolman George Schuchman. emerged from a cigar store, heard someone (voice not recognized) cry: "Hey, George, those two guys are stealing my gin." Drawing his revolver, determined to fire into the air, the police-man shot one of the hijackers through the head, found 125 bottles of gin in four abandoned parcels. Police inspectors investigated, declared that the patrolman had done his duty...
...Schwab and I soon ascertained that Mr. Shearer was and had been for years an active propagandist regarding the naval policies of the U. S. We felt that the employment of such a man as an observer was in conflict with the policy to which the Bethlehem interests have strictly adhered, of refraining from participation in propaganda intended to influence the naval and military policies of the U.S. Government...
Senator Borah was moved to exclamation: ''The idea, that they sent that man over as an observer and not as a propagandist! Are they living in an intellectual cave...
...emulate the British in an American way. I like our flag as it is?I am a nationalist. I am referred to as a Naval expert, Naval authority, Naval critic, writer and lecturer? and other things that won't bear repeating. Enthusiasts claim I am the best posted man in the U. S. on national defense. I claim nothing and expect less; but whatever I represent, it is all American?which seems to arouse suspicion as well as curiosity...