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Word: marchings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Congress: He has served continuously in the Senate since March 4, 1909. Only five Senators are senior to him in length of service. He voted for Tax Reduction (1928), Flood Control (1928), the Jones (Five & Ten) Law (1929), the 15 cruiser-construction bill (1929), Farm Relief (1927, 1928, 1929), Radio Control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...keen politician. Impartial observers rate him thus: A conscientious and hard-working legislator who has specialized on one line (cotton), lacking brilliance and breadth to make him an outstanding Senate figure. His speech and thought have not kept pace with a changing South. His term expires March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...first time since March 4, Citizen Calvin Coolidge returned to the Washington news spotlight. He enjoyed the experience immensely. From Northamp ton to the capital he had journeyed over night to attend the White House promul gation of the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War, creature of his own administration (see col. 1). Observers studied him sharply for changes, found that he talked more freely, smiled more benignly, looked a little less plump, a little less wrinkled about the eyes than when he had left the White House. If he had any regrets on revisiting the scenes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Public Character | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

Chosen as F. N. G. C. organizer was William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, the man who led the "Equalization Fee March" around the Republican National Convention hall last year in Kansas City. Ever an enthusiast, Organizer Settle said last week in Chicago: "This is the greatest day in the history of agriculture since I can remember. . . . This is what we have been dreaming for years?united action? and it's the first time it has been realized. . . . President Hoover is sincerely trying to carry out the pledge he made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: First Fruit | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...five months since March 4, Secretary Hyde has shown a patient persistence in carrying out his job. He is hardworking earnest, honest. What he lacks in brilliance he makes up in frankness. If he has brought no remarkable innovations to the vast departmental organization under him, he has at least kept it on an efficient basis, has played no politics with its appointments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: First Fruit | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

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