Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge received the first "buddy poppy," inaugurating the pre-Memorial Day drive of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. . . . President Coolidge pressed a button and lit the new Lindbergh airway beacon across the continent in Los Angeles. . . . One of President Coolidge's ceremonial assistants (doubtless, James Clement Dunn of the State Department) phrased and sent a cablegram to Reza Khan Pahlevi, Shah of Persia, in which President Coolidge wished peace & prosperity to Persia on the second anniversary of Reza Khan Pahlevi's coronation. . . . Flowers from President & Mrs. Coolidge went to Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, first mother...
...Believing his delegate-strength was even greater than impartial experts said, anticipating a crucial victory in California's primary on May Day, Candidate Smith inspected his campaign headquarters at the Hotel Biltmore, Manhattan, and approved the selection of George R. Van Namee as his pre-convention manager. Mr. Van Namee, a slightly bald, wholly businesslike,-most amiable Cornell graduate (Class of 1901), used to be Governor Smith's secretary. Before that, when Smith was Democratic leader and Speaker of the New York Assembly, Mr. Van Namee was his familiar and chief clerk. In 1920 and again...
...Harvard squad spent this afternoon with the big game only two days away, in a brief workout boning, passing, and kicking at grades. Greep, Crimson star in the pre-Elizabethan drama, was getting his long twisters away beautifully, and averaged from 65 to 70 on some of the longer floaters. Coach Hanford, who is, by the way, a booter of no mean ability himself, was not too well satisfied with the star's showing, remarked: "If we were playing the Law School such grades would be acceptable, but things look tough against an aggregation of freebooters like Yale's team...
...leftward swing by the voters to pre-ponderately support this group of groups would very probably result in the eventual replacement of Prime Minister Poincaré by some outstanding member of the Cartel des Gauches and would lead to less orthodox handling of State finance. As may be seen from the above summary, it is a curious fact that the leaders of both the large rival groupings are now members of the present Sacred Union Cabinet which was assembled during the franc crisis from leaders of all parties. Thus no matter which way the election swings, a considerable proportion...
...order to obviate the danger of excessive cramming and to prevent pre-examination nervousness Harvard has decided not to announce the names of the ten English students chosen to compete with Yale next week until after the competitive examinations have been taken. The avowed purposes of this decision are important but by no means include the only benefits which should accrue from...