Word: return
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prohibition Commissioner Alf Oftedal, acting in the absence of Commissioner James M. Doran, announced that Federal enforcement officers everywhere had been cautioned to refrain from spectacular raids which might in any way be thought politically motivated. This announcement came only a day or two after Nominee Hoover's return to Washington...
Indignation was widespread in South Carolina and Maude Collins heard that Governor Richards was wondering if she had not committed perjury in the first instance. Frightened, she retracted her retraction, said she had signed the affidavit without knowing what it said, in return for $50 from Ben Bess's wife. The Bess side explained that Maude Collins had refused to sign anything unless she got paid. But Circuit Court Judge W. H. Townsend last week decided that the $50 was bribery, that bribery "vitiates" all things, even a Governor's pardon...
...Explain to each publication to which contracts were awarded that, in return for the advertising one was buying, one would expect, and even insist, that the newspaper would give publicity to one's political campaign...
...declare in solemnity and with such clearness that my words may not be misinterpreted, that I shall not seek the prolongation of my term, either by accepting prorogue of office or by accepting the appointment of Provisional President. . . . Never for any reason or under any circumstances shall I return to the Presidency...
...which Pugilist Jack Dempsey is a star). The mayor, pleased, told his chauffeur to go out and get a gold key to the city. This done, Mayor Schwab solemnly said: "I present this key as a mark of esteem from Buffalo and hope, Mr. Belasco, that you will return here countless times with premieres of your matchless plays." Solemnly, Producer Belasco answered: "It is always a pleasure to come to Buffalo with new attractions. Your citizens are most critical and an opening night here tells me immediately whether or not my play is a success...