Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Though New Mexico's Senators were both Democrats, her Governor, Richard C. Dillon, is a Republican. Senator Jones's death put the technical balance of the Senate's power into Governor Dillon's hands. With Senators-suspect Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois off the floor, the Republicans mustered only 46 votes, requiring the vote of Farmer-Laborite Shipstead (Minnesota) to bring them even with the 47 Democrats; and the vote of Vice President Dawes to break a partisan deadlock. Now the Democrats were reduced to 46, and the Republicans stood to gain a seat...
...corpulent Irish-American, Maurice E. Connolly, whose father used to hoe corn and dig potatoes where all is apartment buildings, pavements and sewers today. President Connolly, next-to-youngest in a family of eight, climbed to fame by willing work for the politicians whom he found in power when he emerged from the public schools and Columbia University's law department...
...letter accompanying the circular was the following paragraph: ". . . Barton's two books interest and aid the rich and powerful; they help any cub salesman to get orders for shoe polish?and to work on principles that lead him toward riches and power...
...with U. S. Can Co., explained President O. C. Huffman of U. S. Can Co. last week. Brick Furnaces. At Mexico, Mo. was the Liptak Fire Brick Arch Co.; at Detroit was the Bigelow Arch Co.- both companies specialists in constructing those huge brick furnaces needed by industrial and power plants. Last week they were merged as the Bigelow-Liptak Corp., Frank B. Bigelow president...
...Imperialism. His plays ? especially Vasantasena which played 1000 times in eight years? made his reputation in Germany. The Ugly Duchess, published in England in the able and sensitive translation which is now to be released in the U. S., became vastly popular as had Author Feuchtwanger's previous Power...