Word: thankfull
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"You ought to be thankful for all your blessings."--President Coolidge to Benjamin W. Morris III, designer of the New York Cunard Building, and father of 34 children.
¶"A man who has and is contributing more to the man power of the nation than any other citizen" was introduced to the President by Representative Warren of North Carolina. His name is Reuben Bland; he is 72, healthy, twice-married and the father of 34 children. Said President...
Notable Exceptions. Outside these "big business" combines whose sole preoccupations are profit and power there exists a mere pair of newspapers whose editors can call their souls their own. The onetime (1921-26) Viceroy of India, the Marquis of Reading, has recently sought to enlarge this number by his purchase...
Roald Amundsen, Polar pilgrim: "The trophies of my recent three year Arctic trip have been stolen from their packing cases, somewhere in transit through customs. The cases arrived at Oslo, Norway, via Seattle, containing only straw. I lost rare skins, a cinema camera with many feet of film, and many...
Although western carriers scowled to see hopes of extra dividends go skipping off, yet they could be thankful that the I. C. C. had not bowed to farmers' demands and made them cut rates for agricultural products.