Word: talked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wide veranda of "Brucemore," an estate, equipped even to pond swans, owned by a Mrs. George W. Douglas. There were no speeches or press statements. The Nominee, with smiling Western Manager James W. ("Sir James") Good for impresario, simply shook hands with every one, let them look at him, talk to him, ask him questions. A North Dakota contingent, led by Prohibition Administrator John N. Hagen, was assured that Hooverism is extremely Dry. (North Dakota lately voted within 5,000 of repealing its longtime State enforcement law.) North Dakota's boyish Senator Gerald P. Nye was there and, though...
Governor Christiansen of Minnesota, a bulky, dry, economically-minded man, is his friend and together they often talk politics. A lawyer, he got himself appointed legal adviser to the Federal enforcement officials in his Prohibition District. He advised some raids to put an end to the sale of ginger-ale and soda water "setups" in the nightclubs and cafes of St Paul and Minneapolis. Last week the raiders pushed ahead to catch 'leggers in their homes...
...said William Crapo Durant, stock-market student, motor manufacturer (Durant Motors, Inc.). He was not talking about himself and he felt he had a right to talk that way about other business leaders, because he was offering $25,000 for the best plan neatly typewritten in 2,000 words and submitted before December 1 to the prize committee on the 18th Amendment, room 2401 Fisk Building, New York City, a plan, "To make the 18th Amendment effective...
Thereafter Mr. Kellogg lunched with Ambassador Herrick, spoke with M. Aristide Briand ("a pleasant talk"), again dined at the Herrick table...
...Think of a government spending nearly $20,000,000 to debauch its youth!" cried Mrs. Alice Foote MacDougall, famed operatrix of tea and coffee shops in Manhattan, in a Plain Talk article...