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...assumed commanding power over the whole armed forces, this was done out of concern for the then threatening military struggle for the freedom of the German people. "In addition, the realization of an inward call and his own will to take upon himself the responsibility weighed with the statesman Adolf Hitler when he resolved to be his own generalissimo...
...woman of wealth, Painter Cassatt might have let her work as an artist dawdle dilettantishly in the wake of a brilliant social career among the intelligentsia of 19th-Century Paris. Parisian bigwigs like Statesman Georges Clemenceau, Authors Emile Zola and Stephane Mallarme, as well as half the great names of French painting, frequented her Paris studio. U.S. art collectors, like the late Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, sought the assistance of her practiced eye in picking items which later found their way into the greatest U.S. museums. Her fiery championship of her fellow Impressionist painters did much to further French Impressionism...
Veto for Baruch. Tennessee's handsome young Albert A. Gore presented his own blunt plan for price control: an overall bill to freeze all prices, including farm commodities and wages. The Gore bill was taken directly from the ideas of Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, head of the World War I Industries Board, and had Baruch's official blessing. The House rejected it by a vote...
Only 32, Taborda is an outstanding statesman in South America since he holds the positions of Secretary in the Radical Party Bloc, National Deputy from the district of Buenos Aires, and President of the Special Congressional Committee Investigating anti-Argentine Activities, a close parallel to the chairmanship held by the Texas representative...
...Heel Editor. An oldfashioned, liberal statesman is Josephus Daniels. Born in the second year of the Civil War, he grew up in the age of trust-busting and reform, became a disciple of William Jennings Bryan. As owner and editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, he fought the railroads, fought the power companies, feuded with the tobacco barons who made North Carolina rich...