Word: thaddeus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus, to many a newsgatherer, thundered U. S. Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway (Dem.) of Jonesboro, Ark., last week in Washington, after returning from Europe...
...According to St. Matthew, the twelve Apostles were: Simon (called Peter), Andrew (his brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (his brother), Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the publican), James (son of Alphens), Lebbeus (surnamed Thaddeus), Simon (the Canaanite), Judas Iscariot (the betrayer). St. Mark lists the same twelve, but Luke names Judas (brother of James) in place of Lebbeus (surnamed Thaddeus...
...pains to remind people that this dredging, though begun among slushy millions in Pennsylvania, would be extended to "every State in the union." The next state will be Illinois. The committee will repair to Chicago this month to plumb charges made last week by busy-buzzing Senator Thaddeus Caraway that three or more millions were spent on candidates...
...gave its first public concert. With it appeared as soloist Ossip Gabrilowitsch, brilliant young Russian pianist, then making his first U.S. tour. Last week the same orchestra, the same soloist were heard again in Manhattan. Because he felt himself a comparative newcomer, Leopold Stokowski handed his stick to Concertmaster Thaddeus Rich who, a better conductor than most concertmasters, led the first number. Then Mr. Gabrilowitsch, a more mature and no less brilliant artist than he was 25 years ago, sonorously assisted in interpreting the rugged, lordly and immortal Tschaikowsky's B-flat Minor Concerto...
Senator Robinson is a downright man. He is quite the Sir Anthony Absolute of the Senate?downright almost to the point of being domineering. Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway, Mr. Robinson's colleage from Arkansas, is quite a different type. His movements are slow, his manner is mild, his eyes twinkle, his wit is wicked, but he prefers to express it with a drawl rather than with a growl. And last week Senator Caraway got into a fracas. He was motoring through New York State, according to his account. His son was at the wheel. Another car, driven...