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Roosevelt had set sail for South America in the fall of 1913, not quite a year after his failed attempt to regain the presidency. As a third-party candidate vying for a third term, he had split the Republican vote, putting a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, in the White House for the first time in 16 years. After the election, Roosevelt found himself a pariah, ridiculed by his enemies and hated by many of his old Republican friends and backers. Hunkered down at Sagamore Hill, his secluded home in Oyster Bay, N.Y., he fought to stave off depression and despair...
Soon after the Inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft, on March 4, 1909, Roosevelt and his son Kermit sail to Africa, where they spend nearly a year shooting animals for the Smithsonian. In early 1912, T.R. announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, but the party renominates Taft--even though Roosevelt won all but one primary and caucus. The new Progressive (Bull Moose) Party promptly adopts T.R. as its candidate. That October he is shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wis., but gives a 90-min. speech before seeing a doctor. Democrat Woodrow Wilson is elected...
...study conducted by the World Bank. Susheil Joshi, an India-based manager for clothing retailer The Children's Place, says that bad roads and crowded ports force factories to send their products a week to 10 days ahead of when a cargo ship is set to sail. In China, half that time is needed...
...Nawalowalo, who is more interested in "how one adds to a picture," pushes traditional imagery into new realms. In a Samoan siva dance, she spotlights the hands so they appear out of the darkness like swimming squid. Later, she dramatizes the arrival of missionaries with a ship's sail, which passes before a dancer, revealing three church ladies in its wake...
Each of the last three weekends, the No. 2 Harvard sailing team has needed a top-four finish at a New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) championship event to secure a birth at nationals.This past weekend, just like the first two times, the Crimson accomplished that goal.On the heels of invitations to the national championships for the No. 8 women’s squad and Harvard’s team racers, the Crimson took fourth at the NEISA Dinghy Championship last weekend at Brown in Providence, R.I.Unlike the more comfortable performances of previous times out, Harvard struggled to maintain...