Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...youngest member of Congress is George Hamilton Combs Jr., a minister's son from Missouri. Now aged 29, he represents the 367,846 inhabitants of Jackson County. He is a Democrat. Last week he arose in the House to make one of his infrequent speeches. It was a speech addressed to his fellow Democrats, whom he flayed roundly for their post-election faultfinding with National Democratic Chairman John J. Raskob...
...upon these two items-Greek loan and Steel refund-that Democrat Garner pounced in a speech designed to embarrass Mr. Mellon thoroughly. Said Mr. Garner: "In order to induce you to pass it [Greek loan], he [Mr. Mellon] made a misleading-and the facts show, it seems to me-a deliberately false statement as to . . . the prospects of our Treasury...
...Bullard warnings come, as from most of the retired military, in lectures and speeches which their author is persuaded to make before patriotic meetings or conventions. One came last week, in a Bullard speech at a luncheon of the Hardware, Metals and Allied Trades in Manhattan. With the aid of a map, Major-General Bullard showed quickly how the U. S. might be captured by an invader once New York had fallen, as it must fall if potent defenses are not maintained. Knowing that an oldtime war-dog's growling is often interpreted as senile jingoism, and to give...
...actual words of the President of China, as he rose to the climax of his speech, amid frenzied cheers were...
Burges Johnson, 51, has written pleasant books for children and for grownups, too-Bashful Ballads, The Bubble Books, etc. From 1915 to 1926, he was professor of English at Vassar College (female), where his courses were well liked. Last week, he made a speech in Chicago: "There no longer are any effective cuss words. Profanity is just a greeting, an indication of closest friendship and regard." Professor Johnson is now on the payroll of Syracuse University...