Word: masterly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...three or four great constitutional crises which the U. S. has known. They, especially in the last year, had broadened the interpretation of the Constitution in a way that may permanently alter the functions of the U. S. Government. Having at times opposed the otherwise undisputed master of U. S. politics, they had been bitterly assailed. One or more Justices may, like Mr. Van Devanter, retire and be replaced before the Court meets in October. But these particular nine old men were The Nine Old Men to whom future history will refer...
Personnel director of Ford Motor Co., as well as head Of its company police (known as "servicemen") is Henry H. Bennett. This master of tough men occupies a special place in the esteem of mild Henry Ford, perhaps because he has for years been responsible for protecting the Ford grandchildren from kidnapping of which the senior Ford is mortally afraid. One of Mr. Bennett's privileges is that he, almost alone of Ford lieutenants can speak to the press in his own name. Last week Mr. Bennett declared...
...shrewdly combined both with a picture of sanctified George V riding in plus fours and gaiters on his favorite fat little pony Jock at Sandringham (see cut). Worried questions about Jock were among the last words King George ever spoke. It was Jock, with stirrups reversed, who followed his master's coffin from Sandringham House to the railway station. Sure to become one of the most popular of all Artist Munnings' color plates, the portrait of George & Jock was not Artist Munnings' only contribution to the Academy. There was one of his usual, impeccable race horse scenes...
Presentation of the Straus Trophy for Intramural athletics and trophies in Tennis, Baseball, and Crew were made to Kirkland House at dinner last night. William J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, handed the large silver urn to Walter E. Clark '03, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, and Master of the House, after a short speech...
...John D. Rockefeller, the sinister master of old Standard Oil, has long since been replaced in the public mind by John D. Rockefeller, the gentle oldster who gave away more money than any man who ever lived. For that astonishing handspring in public opinion, John Rockefeller could thank in large measure the late famed Ivy Ledbetter Lee, his longtime pressagent...