Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...colored folder attests the fact that many special trains will bear supporters of the Crimson to within inconvenient walking distance from the Bowl, the prospective passengers are concealed by the bustle of more picturesque travellers. Dull indeed are the ears that have not registered the consternation attendant on the phrase "he isn't sure he can get the car". In fact the less conscientious eavesdropper has found that genuine football pilgrims are characterized by an almost universal lack of assurance...
...power sites, which in the first instance belong to the people them selves, and the operation and ownership of a going business [e.g., railroads]." He defended his Prohibition proposal only by reiterating that it was oldtime Jeffersonian States-rights doctrine. He mocked Nominee Hoover with his own acceptance-speech phrase, "We shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide it," and dismissed the "Socialism" speech as "the cry of the special interests." Political effects of the exchange were immediate. The Hoover speech undoubt edly solidified portions of the Business vote of the U. S. It also hastened...
Then followed, succinctly, the story of the Salt Creek lease, winding up with the refrain of the whole speech, a phrase from the Republican platform: "The record of the present Administration is a guarantee of what may be expected of the next...
...Another phrase which up to last week had not elicited a direct answer: "What does Mr. Hoover think of this? He must have some ideas about this...
...phrase "with banners" exalted the decoration to an infinite zenith. One banner was inscribed "The Chinese love General Butler as they love China." Another banner: "General Butler loves China as he loves America...