Word: mckinleyism
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...walls had come the portraits of Simón Bolivar and Ben Franklin, the etchings of early aircraft, the framed photographs of Sam Rayburn and Alben Barkley. Gone from the presidential desk were the familiar knickknacks-a piece of rock from the highest mountain in North America (Mt. McKinley: 20,270 ft.), the donkeys, and the desk photos. Said Harry Truman with rueful jocularity: "If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again...
Junked Cats. The Hanna company was originally one of Cleveland's "ore houses," built up by Mark Hanna, who became the G.O.P. political power in William McKinley's day. When Humphrey arrived in 1917, the company was thriving on the wartime boom. Humphrey was put to work unraveling the company's World War I tax problems and became an expert on all the details of Hanna's operations. In 1920, at 30, he was made a junior partner just in time to watch Hanna slip into the postwar inventory depression...
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken, Leon Lishner, Chet Allen; orchestra and chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers; Victor). Menotti's 1951 Christmas story with the original NBC-TV cast, Menotti's easygoing melodies, and the soprano voice of twelve-year-old Chet Allen...
John C. Coolidge, Director of Fogg Museum, welcomed the guests and introduced the speakers; James S. Plaut, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Which is also showing Orozco's works; Antonio G. Cardenas, Consul-general of Mexico in New York City; and Dr. McKinley Helm of Brookline...
...only got 19,500 feet up McKinley because of the weather," says Francis, on the question of savoir-vivre, "but we learned what it takes to survive. His men were capable of playing chess for six days while stranded in a blizzard...