Word: reared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle, Chief of Naval Operations, went before the Naval Affairs Committee of the House, told of the perilous state of the Navy,* demanded that Congress authorize the building of three cruisers and one dirigible in spite of the budget provisions...
...bank clerk who is studying law, doggedly dissented. For most of 19 hours they argued. "You can't tell me old man Doheny is a crook," said one juror. "Didn't these Navy men [onetime Secretary Denby and Captain John K. Robison, who lost the rank of Rear Admiral because of his connection with the oil scandals] go and ask him to bid on the contracts...
...Rear grounds of the White House...
...first day, both houses adjourned in memory of the late Senators Albert B. Cummins of Iowa and Bert M. Fernald of Maine; but not until stormy Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana had risen from his seat in the rear of the Senate to demand an investigation of corruption charges against Arthur R. Gould, who had just taken oath of office as Senator from Maine. On the second day, the President's message was read, and the House adjourned in memory of onetime Speaker Joseph G. ("Uncle Joe") Cannon. On the third day, came the President's annual...
...Riley, substitute Notre Dame quarterback, drove his team 73 yards down the field to score the first touchdown; a man named O'Boyle kicked the goal. These goals after touchdown often prove to be the hinges of football history. Southern California stormed and shunted ; Captain Cravath kicked, Morton Rear ran, and with four minutes to play the Pacific Trojans were five points ahead. Came a run, a plunge, a 20-yard forward pass, and eleven strong Irishmen got, by the width of a single point, their reward for traveling to Los Angeles. Score: Notre Dame, 13; Southern California...