Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Coolidge, unable for a time to obtain authentic information, apparently suspected that indiscreet Republican bankers were casting aspersions upon Republican protectionism for their own nefarious ends. The President thereupon trenchantly reminded the nation that those who lend money are ever anxious for international free trade, but that the Republican party stands ready to defend those who earn money in the U. S. with its tariff shield...
Juarez and Maximilian. History mentions one Maximilian, a Habsburg, appointed Emperor of Mexico by Napoleon Bonaparte; records a successful revolution led by Juarez, the untimely defection of Napoleon's troops, execution of Maximilian. More colorful chronicles relate that Maximilian's proud empress, failing to obtain aid from royal kin in Europe, became insane, another victim of the "curse of the Habsburgs," which has bloodied every generation of that ill-starred line with murder and violence...
...Port Fulton, Ind., Mrs. Fahyma Allen marched off to court to obtain a writ compelling the school authorities to permit her daughter Virginia, 9, to attend school clad in knickerbockers. Twice daily for three weeks Virginia had been sent to the school door, twice daily been viewed with alarm and sent home by officials who were shocked to see her spindly extremities encased separately instead of draped in unison. Mrs. Allen, no stickler for fashion, no crusader for a moral cause, merely clung to her point that Virginia's education should not be interrupted pending the extension...
...Pennsylvania, as is well-known, immense sums were spent in the last primary by the Candidates, although it is of interest to note that the greatest sum expended failed to obtain the election. In Illinois a somewhat different slant was given to the matter, since the expenses of the two opposing candidates came from the same source, that is, the so-called erection interests. In this way, whoever won the election, the traction interests, so to speak, came...
...glad to hear they have taken action. A student petition will carry great weight as an indication of undergraduate opinion. Anything the student body wants strongly enough, it can obtain...