Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, since I overheard Robert, I was able to take the paper away from him and explain that a gentleman or an honest person of any sort would not do such a thing: I am sure that Robert understands, but I cannot help feeling that much harm may have been done to other children...
...that kind of thing American...
...Coolidge is, by temperament and tradition, a virtual stranger. These men, thought Mr. Sullivan, would be sorry to lose so good a vote-getter as Calvin Coolidge but ? personal ambitions quite aside ? they would not seek to nominate him now because that would be "the sort of thing that 'is not done'. It would be sensational, spectacular, emotional. The Republicans like to think of them selves as a little too orderly to do that sort of thing...
...though Filipinos clamoring for independence called it harsh. Said Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Senate, long a foe of Governor General Wood's administration: "He was always courteous to me. He was a hard working chief executive and always determined in his purpose to do the right thing...
Case No. 2: "Governor Ed Jackson did the same thing when his wife was dangerously...