Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Calvin Coolidge. The President has made no open move for nomination. He does not need to. His only open opponent, so far, is Hiram Johnson. The Chairman of the Republican State Committee of Massachusetts declared that all his state's delegates will be for Coolidge. Senator Willis of Ohio asserted that his state probably would have no favorite sons, since President Harding left no " heirs or assigns." Senator Watson announced that he might enter the Indiana primaries as a favorite son, so that Hiram Johnson would not get Indiana's delegation by default. In that case Mr. Watson would...
...This move, coming at a time when the Supreme Court has just upheld the Washington and California laws (TIME, Nov. 19) prohibiting persons not eligible for citizenship from owning or leasing land, is bound to be irritating to the Japanese Government. It is understood that the Japanese Government is about to make overtures for a treaty that would nullify these laws. To add a complete bar to Japanese desiring to enter the country is bound to produce vigorous protest from Japan...
Liberal Party. A major move of the utmost importance occurred when Messrs. Lloyd George and Asquith decided to bury their hatchets and unite the Liberal Party under Mr. Asquith. Sir Alfred Mond and Sir John Simon were credited with having engineered the meeting of the two ex-Premiers which resulted in the fusion. It was regarded as certain that, should the Liberals win the general election in December, Mr. George would assume the Premiership while Mr. Asquith retained the leadership of the Party, thus giving the two control. Another report stated that Mr. Asquith will either become Premier...
...most interesting episode recently has been Secretary Mellon's proposal to scale down income taxes. Of all the cheerful news which has occurred, or been made to occur, this Fall, Mr. Mellon's adroit move has been the soundest, the most genuinely optimistic, and the most popular with the rank and file of businessmen...
...opinions of several papers. Each of this string concentrates on a one-class appeal. The owners have often earned a fortune in some other field and have taken up journalism as a hobby or to advance their commercial interests. The inevitable result is the their views, already narrowed to move one class, are most always prejudiced by personal rather than national interests. Such power becomes greater than that of King and Parliament or of President and Congress. For a while, in the hands of a public spirited man like Lord Northcliffe or Major Astor, the owner of the London Times...