Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...normally the Postmaster General. With James Aloysius Farley looking up relatives in Ireland, his position fell to ailing Secretary of the Navy Swanson, with Secretary of the Interior Ickes bringing up the rear. Agriculture's Wallace, Commerce's Roper, Labor's Perkins were no nearer the Presidency than they had ever been. When the 49th Congress fixed the order of Cabinet succession, their offices had not been created...
...leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Laborite Major Clement Attlee, barked like a terrier at St. Bernard Baldwin: "The Mediterranean has been abandoned to the Fascist State! The Far East has been abandoned to Japan! What is left? The policy of this Government has not brought us nearer to Peace, but closer and closer...
...sight of Madrid. To meet the impending crisis Premier Francisco Largo Caballero was appointed "Supreme Chief of the Military Forces of Spain" and Julio Alvarez del Vayo "General Commissioner of War," in a two-way attempt to exercise political control over the Red Militia. As the White offensive rolled nearer & nearer to the capital, Madrid became a city of gloom and darkness. Gas for cooking and heating had been cut off. Places of entertainment closed early. To stir up the inhabitants' flagging spirits notices were pinned up in the streets, "Men of Madrid ! Will you allow your women...
...Cartersville, Ga. Negro Pinkie Frazier climbed a 102-ft. chimney, gibbered at 20,000 onlookers, threatened would-be rescuers with bricks. Cried a Negro preacher before Pinkie fell to his death: "You sho' is nearer Heaven than you'll ever be again...
...were divided. Giant rooters pointed out that if National League batters who were accustomed to it could not hit the Hubbell screwball, Yankee batsmen who had never encountered it could scarcely hope to do so. Yankee enthusiasts retaliated with the argument that the Polo Grounds, where the grandstands are nearer to the plate than in the Stadium, would suit home run experts like Gehrig, Joe Di Maggio, Bill Dickey. Hired to sign stories for Hearst sport pages, Pitcher Hubbell and First Baseman Gehrig met in the syndicate's office in Manhattan. Said First Baseman Gehrig: "This fellow Hubbell...