Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outlanders the whole question of precedence and social rank in Washington seems silly. But as a British diplomat once said (with Irish logic): "Since the good God made us so that we all cannot get through the same door at once, there must be precedence...
...Social rank in Washington is, of course, based primarily on official position...
...corner while Vice President Curtis led Mrs. Gann grandly up to the head table. But there no seat was saved for Mrs. Gann. The swart Vice Presidential face clouded. To the rescue hurried Mr. Gann and conducted his wife back to the remote corner table, thus averting a bad social scene...
...Gann was furious. So was her brother, now no longer a simple baby-kissing Kansas Senator, but a Person of Importance who must preserve the dignity and respect of his office. Mrs. Gann's brother solemnly gave out a press statement which brought the social war against Mrs. Gann into the open, saying...
...President of the U. S. and his wife lead society. Their doings are always chronicled first in the newspaper society columns. But their social activities are limited to a few official contacts. They do not accept invitations to private homes. They dine out only in Cabinet households, with the Vice President, the Speaker of the House...