Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the war, Frémont lived in luxury in Manhattan and Tarrytown, N. Y. (part of his estate was later owned by John D. Rockefeller). Then suddenly he lost all his wealth in a railroad scheme in the West. His wife wrote articles for newspapers and magazines. President Hayes appointed him territorial governor of Arizona in 1878 at a salary of $2,000 a year. In 1890, soon after the Army put him on the retired pay list, he died of a violent chill, in a Manhattan boarding house. Jessie lived until...
...gamble or violate some of the Commandments, if alcohol is abused, if morals become loose" --we go to Congress for a law. "The result is more and more to transform the American system of government from its age-old purpose of protecting life, liberty, and property into a scheme for social control and the regulation of personal conduct and personal relations...
...type of news which this additional body of readers wanted and which the more dignified publications did not undertake to supply. While such an attempt as this is praise, worthy in every way, it is difficult to see just where the new style tabloid would fit in the scheme of things. The inevitable loss of circulation due to the suppression of the more sensational items of news could only be made up by invading the domain of the legitimate newspaper, and in that field competition is already too keen to offer much hope to a new comer...
...week, among members of the Secretariat of the League of Nations was reported to show an 85% concurrence with the much mooted project of moving the seat of the League to a larger metropolis. Vienna has loomed as the most likely choice, and Chancellor Ignaz Seipel has welcomed the scheme in a statement that he is "not opposed" (TIME, Feb. 27). Last week several League straw voters were reported to have complained that "the atmosphere of a small town [Geneva] is stifling" and that Swiss society at Geneva has not appreciably bestirred itself to welcome or entertain League folk...
Best Young Scientist. A scheme of seeking to find the best fitted young man, between the ages of 17 and 25, to study four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was announced last week. Those who think they are "the best" will be required to submit a brief essay on "Why I Would Like a Technical Education;" will be queried on engineering or scientific projects they have conceived or executed. A committee composed of President Samuel W. Stratton of M.I.T., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Edward Pearson Warner, Vice President Elisha Lee of the Pennsylvania Railroad, General...