Word: straightened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good natured." The Senate's behavior on Farm Relief (see p. 13) reflected small, if any, credit upon the Watson leadership. Twice had he failed to stem the Debenture Plan tide in the Senate, finally leaving it to President Hoover to interpose his own political authority to straighten out the legislative mess. President Hoover had wanted a suspension of National Origins. Leader Watson last week was unable to muster enough party votes to consummate that Hoover wish, was even absent himself on the roll call...
...road were finished they failed to connect, some sections by as much as ten feet. Despite the fact that 108 of the Chinese peasants that Sun Yat-sen had lived for committed suicide when their homes were confiscated, the eight contractors condemned more land, tore down more houses to straighten the roadway. One of the new houses condemned for the memorial road belonged to a Nanking university professor. Four times he went to the municipal offices, spent $1.80 on ricksha fares. On the fourth trip he received a warrant for the value of his house - total $1.90. The professor donated...
Secretary Lamont has on his hands one problem that will certainly require the interposition of the President's power to straighten it out. This problem is the relationship in foreign fields of the State Department's diplomatic and consular representatives and the Commerce Department's commercial attaches. As Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Hoover greatly multiplied these commercial attaches and raised them to a new plane of importance. He picked shrewd men who knew U. S. business and sent them forth to scout the world for new markets. Inevitably they have clashed with the regular foreign service...
...City Council took no action last night beyond referring the matter, together with the unopposed petitions to straighten and widen a part of Holyoke Street, to a committee for further consideration...
Lampy then decided to express his opinions on the subject. But Lampy is not a rational creature; unfortunately he has clowned too long to strike the dignified pose of a Superior Court Judge. He could only laugh at Things as They are. To straighten out the creases in his face and put on a sober look was as impossible as for him to write a CRIMSON editorial or a piece in the Alumni Bulletin...