Word: proceeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with a brilliant mind. Longworth did not make his reputation like Reed, who in one of his first speeches, questioned by an older member who aimed to confuse him, answered the questions and then drawled: "Now, having embalmed that fly in the liquid amber of my remarks, I will proceed. . . .'' Mr. Longworth's talents are less showy and breed fewer enemies. So there is small prospect of his becoming another Czar. Why, then, did he want the post? The answer lies in the history of his career. He suffered long from being known...
...Sept. 13; Dr. Fosdick will: preach to the League of Nations from the pulpit of John Calvin, founder of Presbyterianism, in the Cathedral Church, Geneva, Switzerland. He will then proceed to the Holy Land...
...order to secure complete restoration of health and fitness, we advise, when the stage of convalescence has been reached, that his Majesty shall proceed to the South of Europe and cruise in his yacht for a few weeks...
...greater part of the $60,000 to $100,000 that had been subscribed for the celebration. The President, after witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Dawes in the Senate Chamber, will step out before the Capitol, take the oath of office, deliver an inaugural address (said to be brief), proceed up Pennsylvania Avenue, followed only by such military and naval contingents as happen to be posted in the capital. The Governors of a few states-12 had accepted and 19 declined last week-with their staffs will also be in the parade. Only a few reviewing stands will be erected...
...General Electric investigation, conducted by the Federal Trade Commission, will probably proceed quietly enough to certain business conclusions. But Mr. Howell's proposal has a much more political asspect; for it means hearings by a committee of the Senate, researches into the careers of two men, said to have had the most rapid rise in railroad management since W. A. Harriman, and charges of "Wall Street" machinations...