Word: special
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lobbyist Arnold's lobbyist career began in 1908 in Austin, Tex., whence he was driven by an irate governor. He worked in vain for the railroads against the Adamson eight-hour law, for the brewers against Prohibition, for special groups against the 19th amendment (woman suffrage). In 1918 he was investigated by a congressional committee for spreading German propaganda. According to Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee, Lobbyist Arnold would take any side of any public question...
Sharply the committee scrutinized Lobbyist Arnold's activities on the current tariff bill. Testimony indicated a broad streak of duplicity. Letters showed that while he was working with Southern Democrats for special protective rates, he was also passing along to the Republican Regulars secret information of the Democratic-Insurgent coalition against the measure. Once he wrote that he would "put courage into" President Hoover to make him "stand" for the House rates on sugar...
...know what special attraction Rose Marie has for the King," said a member of the manager's staff at Drury Lane, "unless it is that His Majesty likes the tunefulness of the play and the fact that there is nothing in the text to cause embarrassment or uncomfortableness...
Hearst Jr. is vivacious, modest but not diffident. He is married and lives in Manhattan's Ritz Tower. When he drives his special-bodied Cadillac to the American office every traffic cop grins at him gratefully, and he stops often to pass the time of day. His license plates bear the simple legend 1. The car of his beauteous young wife, San Francisco's one-time debutante Alma Walker, has the license number 2. Hearst Jr. has not forgotten his Hollywood friends; Cinemactors Norman Kerry and Charles Farrell are among his intimates. With Songwriter Irving Berlin, Lawyer Richard Knight...
...monthly house organ Along the Line that employes were invited to suggest names for a new Boston-New York flier the road was planning. Newlywed Coolidge's suggestions were last week published by the road's publicity staff as follows: Silver Shaft, Twilighter, Dusky Flier, Evening Star, Skipper, Shadowtown Special, Yankee Clipper, Seagull, Pioneer, Ace, Sea Flier, Sea Slipper, Blackhawk, Kingfleet...