Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Calvin Coolidge go up? Our leader should fly with Lindbergh! Perhaps he thinks it would be too great a loss to the country if he crashed fatally. I think it would be a great loss, but President Coolidge pointed out himself that there are plenty of big men to take his place. As a matter of fact, if Coolidge flew with Lindbergh and they crashed, the loss of Lindbergh would dwarf the loss of Coolidge. On the other hand, the spectacle of our leader joining in on the greatest enterprise of the age (Conquering the Air) would exalt this country...
However, knowing the character of the members perhaps better than TIME, does, he predicts that it will take more than TIME'S feeble attacks to stop the steady progress of the Klan...
...Egypt to fight. The nephew was elevated to the Air Service from the Cavalry where he won his spurs. Many a War and post-War flier was trained under his command at Scott, Carlstrom, Dorr and Kelly Fields. His brother officers still think he looks "like a Remington cavalryman." "Take a good look at that fighting jaw," say they...
...Testimony. Counsel for Sinclair, led by Daniel Thew Wright, last week journeyed to El Paso, Tex., to take the aged Fall's testimony for the new trial. Atlee Pomerene, onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator from Ohio and since 1924 one of the government's special prosecutors, was there, too, to cross-examine the witness. One of the first things Mr. Fall told was that the late J. W. Zevely, Sinclair's personal attorney and the man for whom he named his famed racehorse "Zev", conducted all the early negotiations for the Teapot lease. Then Sinclair went...
...Manhattan, last week, oil men awaited the Spanish text of the Calles regulations and prepared to take the advice of highest paid counsel before settling back in the comforting assurance that all is substantially well with oil in Mexico...