Word: shake
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said the New York World (Democratic): "For the first time in four years one felt that under good leadership the party might once again shake itself together and earn the right to be considered fit to govern...
President Machado of Cuba was waiting at the dock to shake the hands of President Coolidge and party. After much bugling, saluting, blowing and picture-taking, the procession started, via O'Reilly street and Teodoro Roosevelt street through a blizzard of rosebuds, under balconies, past cathedrals, to the presidential palace. "A-a-a-h!!" said thousands of appreciative Cubans when the two Presidents appeared on a balcony...
...shake hands with one hand and shoot a gun with the other?" he asked, referring to Secretary Wilbur's naval projects and Scnator Kelogg's attempts to create peace. "Since the world war", President Butler continued", the dominant question in the minds of men has been the avoidance of war. The one overwhelining and dominant fear of man is that such a catastrophic madness may come again...
Just 102 years ago the first truly Pan-American conference was assembled at Panama City by the great Simon Bolivar, "The Liberator," whose feat in kindling South America to shake off her bondage to Europe stands indirectly alluded to by President Machado. Unfortunately the Conference of 102 years ago accomplished absolutely nothing. What will be accomplished by the Pan-American Conference...
...Irish-Americans as possible during his projected 16 days in the U. S., it was announced that he would make a brief swing around Manhattan, through Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston, with only a brief courtesy call at Washington. Irish folk rejoiced that soon two slender, sharp-nosed presidents would shake each other by the hand, cementing bonds of unity. Meanwhile they scanned and praised once more the dynamic, fateful career of William Thomas Cosgrave...