Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...office, he is not above paying a call downtown, downstate or even down in Washington. In 1908, when Theodore E. Burton (now a Representative) was unexpectedly elected to the Senate, it was Maurice Maschke who did most of the "leg-work," but so quietly that none realized his power until the votes were counted...
...northward, saw millions of acres of snow that would soon melt and incalculable clouds of rain that would soon fall. Winter had come and spring was not far behind. The peace of the public mind was not promoted during the week by an address to the third annual Midwest Power Conference, in Chicago, by Major-General Edgar Jadwin. As Chief of Engineers for the Army, General Jadwin may be expected to know what he is talking about. Said he, without giving any date: ". . . We now have a responsible forecast of a superflood, greater even than the 1927 flood. This...
...first committee, composed of Winslow Carlton '29 and H. F. Schwarz '29, has been chosen to meet Dean Hanford at the earliest possible moment to discuss with him the clause number six of Article E on the powers of the Council, which is embodied in the new constitution of the Council, drawn up last fall. It is felt that this change would require essentially the support of the administration. This committee will make its report at the next meeting. The clause causing the difficulty states that the Council has the power "To prohibit any man who shows an indisposition...
...University basketball five won its sixth victory of the season, when it toppled a quintet from M. I. T. to the tune of 32 to 27. A complete change in the offensive line, by the substitution of two sub-guards for the two regular forwards, added to the power of the Crimson forces, Harvard taking the lead shortly after the initial whistle and holding it throughout the game...
...baby's eyeballs with a chuckle. An untruthful tribe as well, they are only exceeded in creating lies and tortures by the strange race of men who make up plays of mystery. Strive as one must to minimize their truthless horrors, one cannot escape, herein at least, their power...