Word: norrisism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having twice refused to recommend Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals to the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture reported Senator Norris' bill for Government operation.
The Norris Bill provides for a separation of the power-producing and nitrate -fertilizer-manufacturing facilities at the shoals. The former would be in the charge of the "Federal Power Corporation," created by the Government; the latter would be in the charge of the Department of Agriculture, which would also...
After all, the facts were that Mr. Norris had only made his alleged remarks as an affable means of turning the conversation. But a Southern miss, some 16 years in age, had overheard and promptly popped the alleged kiss upon the unsuspecting Senator.
"The story you have told," Senator Norris vociferated, "is a falsehood. I know a blackmail plot when I see it. If you were not a woman, this would not be the end of this, I tell you. I did not kiss that girl. She kissed me. Intimations were given to...
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