Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only one-James K. Polk-ever became President. Many, nonetheless, have left their mark on U. S. history much more indelibly than President Polk. As Speaker- the title is derived from the ancient custom of the House of Commons which, voteless, sent a member to the King to speak for them-men like Henry Clay, James G. Elaine, Joseph Cannon, Champ Clark and Nicholas Longworth have used their authority so effectively as to give the job a lively tradition of being second in importance only to the Presidency itself. Since the departure to the Senate of John Nance Garner...
...personal representative to attend. After an all-night meeting the faction-torn executive committee broke up for breakfast, went groggily to bed. Meantime a U. A. W. underling went out to the Fisher plant, learned that the rebels were under the firm impression that Homer Martin was scared to speak to them in person. Attempting to report this to his immediate superior by telephone, the underling was connected by mistake with Homer Martin. Leaping from bed the young U. A. W. president, a onetime national hop, step & jump champion, taxied to the Fisher plant, there to face...
Every entry in the book represents the pure, unembellished work of the author. They were, so to speak, duped into being natural, for no one was told that the entries were really for such an epic work. They were ingeniously persuaded that they were merely filling out blanks for a telephone directory...
Michael Karpovitch, assistant professor of History, will speak tonight on the subject "Russia: Twenty Years After" in the ninth of the series of radio broadcasts sponsored by the Harvard Guardian. The program will be carried by WAAB at 7:30 o'clock...
Thomas N. Whitehead, assistant professor of Business, will speak on "The Union as a Social Factor" at an open meeting sponsored by the Harvard Student Union's Labor and Housing Committee to be held in Phillips Brooks House at 7:45 o'clock this evening...