Word: ment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...judges have become widely known because of the part they had in any given trial. Sir George Jeffreys, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, "whose yell of fury sounded like the thunder of the Judg ment Day," after presiding (1685) at a series of trials known to history as the "bloody assizes," gained what Macaulay has described as "an unenviable immortality." (Macaulay's History of England, chapter IV.) Kenesaw Mountain Landis, tsar of professional baseball, became a national character when, as U. S. District Judge, Northern District of Illinois, he tried (1907) the Standard...
...countrymen from Minnesota are impressed with him as Senator. In Colorado, the two Senators are running against each other. Senator Phipps (Rep.) is running to succeed himself. Senator Adams (Dem.) was appointed a year ago to succeed the late Senator Nicholson. This was an ad interim appoint- ment until an election should be held. The term of Senator Nicholson does not expire until 1927. But Senator Adams decided not to contest for the remaining two years of the Nicholson term. Instead he will vie with Mr. Phipps for a full six, and let the small fry scramble for the crust...
...Italy on Bulgaria, Oct. 19, 1914; Germany on Portugal, Mar. 9, 1916; Italy on Germany, Aug. 27, 1916; Rumania on Austria-Hungary, Aug. 27, 1916; Germany on Rumania, Aug. 29, 1916; Turkey on Rumania Aug. 30, 1916; Bulgaria on Rumania, Sept. 1, 1916; Greece (Provisional Govern- ment) on Germany and Bulgaria, Nov. 23, 1916; U. S. on Germany, Apr. 6, 1917; U. S. on Austria-Hungary, Dec. 7, 1917. *The Legion Weekly had written to the ex-Kaiser and had addressed the envelope: WILHELM HOHENZOLLERN, ESQ., DOOBN, HOLLAND...
...central theme of the Conference was the "Holy Eucharist and Atone- ment" and special attention was given to the "spiritual advantages of frequent communion in combating materialism." The American section, headed by Bishop J. Henry Tihen of Denver, received with delight.the decision to hold the next Congress in Chicago, in 1925. The newly-created Cardinal George Mundelein, from his famed red-brick residence, immediately designated the Sunday preceding the next Congress as general Communion Sunday in the archdiocese of Chicago...
...question which the Govern-ment must decide is whether its faith in Mr. Ford justifies the bargain...