Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Let them form their battalions, captained by the lords of the press, the oil tycoons of Houston, and the moneychangers of Wall Street," he cried. "Let them ride to battle in their motors, forgetful of the day when there was no chicken and there was no pot ..." He wound up...
The liberals then went much further. Through Michigan's Senator Blair Moody they offered a resolution refusing seats in the convention to delegations that would not agree to a pledge. The promise: to try "by every honorable" means to see to it that the candidates picked by the national...
When Senator Millikin had finished reading the 6,000-word platform, the convention adopted it by voice vote, without a murmur of dissent. It was a workmanlike piece of fast political carpentry-and, except for the foreign-policy plank, about as inspiring as an orange crate. Only in one field...
Last spring Mayor Gonzalo de la Calle found that the vacant plaza interfered with some city rebuilding projects. Armed with the ancient contract, he crossed the French border to Bayonne, where many of Vitoria's exiled Jews had once settled. Seeking out the surprised leaders of Bayonne's...
Prohibition and Yale keynoted much early fall dining room conversation. President Angell had greeted their Eli compatriots with the dictum that either they observe prohibition or face dismissal. "The University will not permit dissipation. No man can come to any great success at Yale who is known to be a...