Word: nine-day
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Calvin Coolidge, Honorary Moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches, opened the Council's nine-day biennial meeting at Washington with an address (see Page 32, RELIGION). ¶ Dust-covered, in a grimy automobile, a Pennsylvanian drove through the streets of Washington and pulled up at the curb to ask directions. A determined-looking, agile little man, with the alert step of a New England Yankee, was walking by. "Hey, there," called the motorist, "where's the White House? Where's the Capitol?" The little man (Calvin Coolidge) appeared to be familiar with Washington geography...
...succeeded (TIME, May 25). Like a new kitten, the Van de Vyvere Cabinet staggered blindly on its pins. At the end of nine days, it was ready to open its eyes. Then Burgomaster Adolphe Max of Brussels got busy. His popularity dated back to the fall of 1914, when the Germans were goose-stepping across Belgium in seven-league boots. General Von Suttwitz ordered Max arrested. It was done. Next day. Max was at Namur. A few days later, at Glatz-interned. His townsfolk posted placards-they warned the Germans that they had gasoline, vitriol, butcher knives, and would...