Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since a choice must perforce be made I shall cast my lot with Englands most polished gentleman, Lord Chesterfield, and first great politician, Sir Robert Walpole...
Last week the President appointed Carmi Alderman* Thompson, veteran politician and big iron and coal man of Ohio, to go to the Philippines as his personal representative on a mission of investigation. In the White House announcement nothing was said about prospective Philippine independence. The realist attitude was reflected...
...cellar of the grand red house on Fifth Ave. which the Judge occupies. Let the Judge deny the reports or quit signing memorials, was Senator Bruce's suggestion. The fame of Senator Bruce is likely to increase as the prohibition issue becomes more acute. He is no ordinary politician. For years he stood aloof from politics, until in 1922 the Maryland Democrats begged him to accept the seat in the Senate which he now occupies. People say he is "too independent." Yet the very loftiness of his character and unimpeachability of his motives make him of first importance...
...hilly oatfield. Horses shied, dogs barked, boys yelled, slaves giggled as the burly 22-year-old inventor and his clumsy juggernaut slewed and jolted through a ragged swath. Farmer Ruff, owner of the oats, called a halt; he thought his grain was being thrashed standing. But a local politician rode up and invited McCormick upon his land. There the contraption reaped six acres in half a day-six men's work. Young McCormick devoted himself to his invention with monastic zeal. He avoided marriage-"Alas, I have other work"-and farmed alone. Over the countryside he preached the reaper...
...prominent Left politician, he was taken in to reconcile the Left for the presence in the new Cabinet of Finance Minister Raoul Peret (Centre) and the dropping of several Left ministers who served in the last Cabinet but were not asked to return...