Word: provenance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...couple of Houdinis!"' ejaculated Peter J. Haggerty, superintendent of a mint now proven pregnable...
...Colonel Charles F. Apted '12, as "one of the best employees I can remember," and by Kenneth Murdock '16, Master of Leverett, as "one of my oldest friends," George had little to say about himself. He considers the House Plan, which he has watched from its infancy, to have proven a success. "It brings out the best in the boys and makes them a fine, democratic group," he said, reserving particular praise for the Rabbits...
...ride in 1940, ignoring the expense to Roosevelt prestige of a few de feats in 1938 - had so far got precisely nowhere. In the three prime Purge States, the machinery evolved to carry Mr. Camp in Georgia, Governor Johnston in South Carolina and Representative Lewis in Maryland, was proven ineffective. Against the machines of the Senators unPurged, and reinstalled for another six years, the Purge machinery can hardly be expected to nominate delegates to the Democratic national convention of 1940. To perpetuate his Liberal program, in person or by proxy, Franklin Roosevelt must control that convention or found a third...
...like That Certain Thing (1928), Dirigible (1931), Platinum Blonde (1931), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), Lady for a Day (1933). From 1930 to 1932, Capra worked only on pictures written by Jo Swerling. Then Capra, who by this time had the privilege accorded only to directors of proven worth, of collaborating on stories, got a new teammate, Robert Riskin, who had started writing scenarios at the age of 17. Lady for a Day, one of their early collaborations, got runner-up honors from the Motion Picture Academy and indirectly facilitated Capra's triumph the next year. Before...
Opposition to Roosevelt policies was proven not necessarily poison to Texas Democrats. House Judiciary Chairman Hatton Sumners, who fought the Court Plan and Reorganization, squeezed through for his 13th term. Fort Worth's Fritz Lanham, who voted against Reorganization (but was nevertheless backed by Son Elliott) defeated a "100% Roosevelt" opponent...