Word: stately
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...State-shaped cookies used as scenery only...
...seven months President Hoover had sought an able U. S. District Attorney for Southern Florida. In that State are two Republican factions: one, now dominant, led by National Committeeman Glenn B. Skipper; the other, by George Bean. One after another six candidates recommended by the Skipper group were offered the President for this appointment, only to be weighed by the Department of Justice and found wanting...
Finally impatient, the President picked his own man, Wilbur N. Hughes, once identified with the Bean group. Awful to hear were the wails of protest from Committeeman Skipper et al. Last month Dr. Fred E. Britten, secretary of the State Republican organization, wrote President Hoover a rebellious letter in which he said: "In the name of God and for the sake of righteousness as well as the economic prosperity of Florida I plead with you to withdraw this nomination." He threatened dire reprisals unless the President appointed men chosen by Mr. Skipper...
...Alligators are rated as one of the strongest teams south of the Mason and Dixon line. The long trek north, however, may work a bad effect on its touted Notre Dame offensive. The Peninsula State players are used to performing in clear, warm weather and the raw New England climate, coupled with the train trip, may not be to their liking...
Speedier trans-Atlantic service by air and water will work wondrous, though as yet unpredictable, changes in the future. We may be sure, however, that customers, one of the other, the "Unite States of Europe" and the United State of America will always have mutual interests that are beyond the power of political partisanship to injure in any permanent...