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Young Bishop Lawrence was now consecrated, in what his father called "a filial incident which has never before taken place in the history of the church in this country." Everyone partook of communion...
...crying needs of the country. But aside from the obvious fact that cabinet positions hardly rest in a class with the rank and file of bureaucratic offices, the practice of having two parties represented at the council board is nothing new: for years Secretary Ickes partook of Republican communion. As for Mr. Hamilton, it is easy to deny him the Post Office appointment: as a lawyer he would rather be Attorney-General...
...interest in this connection is a later edition of the same work which was published in two volumes in 1783 and autographed by Boswell for Mrs. Williams. This lady will be remembered as the person with whom Johnson often partook of afternoon...
...questionnaire enclosed copies of the Wednesday menus in the House Dining Halls, and the men were asked to check off all dishes of which they partook. As no dish was unanimously chosen by the sufferers, the possibility of a polluted bit of steak, tomato juice, or something of that nature was obviated...
...Other guests who partook of the hospitality of the white cottage among the murmuring pines: Nelson Cheney, New York State Senator, a Republican but an old friend; Eugene R. Black, onetime Governor of the Federal Reserve (see p. 53); Chairman Frank McNinch and Vice Chairman Basil Manly of the Federal Power Commission; David Lilienthal of TVA; Morris L. Cooke of the National Resources Board; Governors-elect Bibb Graves of Alabama and Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina; Governors Talmadge of Georgia and Sholtz of Florida; Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Harrison of Mississippi, who after a four-hour conference jointly...