Word: mckinleyism
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Morris noted similarities between the current political situation and the atmosphere surrounding Roosevelt’s ascension to the presidency following the assassination of William McKinley. He said that Roosevelt, Class of 1880, had to reassure American institutions they were indestructible following the assassination...
...redeem himself by returning to the field of his first triumph. And let the record show that at no point in this book does Morris introduce himself into a subplot of the action. On the mid-September day in 1901 when Vice President Roosevelt gets word that President William McKinley has succumbed to an assassin's bullet, Morris isn't the messenger who brings the telegram. When Teddy plots to uncouple Panama from Colombia--so that the U.S. could have a freer hand to build its great canal across the isthmus--Morris is not bending to the presidential lunch table...
Chang led a Harvard 1-2-3-4 sweep in the event. First-years Whitney Henderson, Steph Greco and Shannon McKinley easily edged out the rest of the field...
...McKinley's fourth place finish was more than four seconds faster than the next competitor...
...Everyone should expect great things from the distance lane this year,” McKinley said. “There are now eight of us working together in the distance group and we are working hard to achieve our goals. It is not easy to slack off when there are seven other girls pushing you to go faster...