Word: strong
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hermosa church, paid tribute to Mrs. Coolidge: "We shall lose the best singer in our congregation when Mrs. Coolidge goes. Mrs. Coolidge knows the words of every hymn without looking at the book. She has joined us in singing every Sunday; in fact, almost leads the congregation with her strong, clear soprano. She seemed to enjoy it." ¶The ladies of the Rapid City Fortnightly Club were in a state. "Who speaks first?" sputtered one fluttering matron. "You don't think we ought to call her -your Grace' do you?" "Nonsense, my dear, she'd think...
...written in 1922, when Senator Reed became a candidate for re-election to the U. S. Senate: "I shall hope and confidently expect to see him repudiated by the Democrats at the primaries. Certainly Missouri cannot afford to be represented by such a marplot."- Now in Kansas, once a strong Wilson state, U. S. Senator Reed praised Woodrow Wilson, implied his association with the onetime President in the passage of a popular law. Newsgatherers smiled as they wired the material out of which editors could snip sharp editorials...
Steamboat piers in Montreal, Boston, New York and Newport News rumbled and banged and blared last week with the embarkation of the American Legion & Wife, about 19,000 strong. Some 8,000 legionaries were already in or near Europe, converging on Paris to commemorate the arrival of the A. E. F. ten years...
...building. Leering, his evil, malicious-looking face contorted in an ugly menace, he held out an infected hand for the King to grasp. Alfonso, blanching, hesitated, re coiled, then stepped forward and shook him warmly by the hand. For days after, it is recorded, he soaked his hand in strong disinfectant. ? Spain gave notice of withdrawal on Sept. 20, 1926. According to the League Covenant, two years must elapse before her resignation becomes effective and she ceases to be a member...
Third day. Leaving Munich before the world was awake, they landed at Bejanija airdrome, Belgrade, Jugoslavia, late in the morning. They jumped out to stretch, smoke cigarets, eat luncheon, refuel their bird; planned to hop off almost at once for Constantinople. Reports of strong winds and fog directly in their path over Sofia forced caution. Disappointed, they slept in Belgrade. Schlee praised their plane as "more faithful than a woman...