Word: mckinleyism
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...return for his unflagging idealism and perseverance, he received appointments that were largely drudgery: secretary to two governors of Ohio (Asa Bushnell and William McKinley), to a mayor of Columbus; member of a committee to investigate hazing at West Point; state organizer for Teddy Roosevelt's unsuccessful Bull Moose campaign for the presidency in 1912, etc. In a piece called Gentleman from Indiana, Jim has written lovingly and beautifully of his father...
Died. Charles Gates Dawes, 85, 30th U.S. Vice President (under Calvin Coolidge) ; of coronary thrombosis; in Evanston, Ill. Son of a Civil War general and descendant of the William Dawes who rode with Paul Revere, he broke into politics by leading Illinois' Republican delegation into the McKinley camp in 1896, was appointed Comptroller of the Currency as a reward far his efforts. In World War I, his good friend, General John J. Pershing, made him chief purchasing officer for the A.E.F. and a brigadier general. After the war, Dawes urged the appointment of a national budget director, became, under...
...while I was on the rail, Watching Deitsch (7-2), Tortenson (4-I), and Edge (S-2) working the course, my friend Terror Mike was casing this McKinley nag. Mike says she took the High Jump back in Sheboygan, and that she says she's very limber. But Mike says to me, "Clocker," he says, "Who ever saw a doll who could race...
...summary: Burke (H) defeated McVickers, 1 up; Hedberg (H) tied Wallensdick; Connors (B) defeated Wilde, 5 and 3; McKinley (B) defeated Gorman, 1 up; Rosenholtz (H) defeated Jacobson, 2 up; Timpson (H) defeated Hall, 2 up; and Friedman (B) defeated Lukins...
Another possible portent was the fate of the white doves that Tenor McKinley, as the magician, was supposed to release in the second act. When the doves were delivered to McKinley's apartment, the cook baked them for dinner. And there were a lot of other things cooking that Menotti did not learn about till the curtain went...