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...strong Government behind him. It is thought, however, that his advent to power has come too late, and that there is little that he can do to dispel chaotic conditions in Germany. A rich man and an industrialist, Herr Stresemann was reputed to be much under the thumb of Herr Hugo Stinnes, industrial Tsar. Lately, however, Herr Stresemann has shown himself to be energetic in trying to break the political power of Herr Stinnes...
...meeting was called for July 19 and 20 at Wesley an Chapel (Methodist) in Seneca Falls. It was the first meeting of its kind. In those days women faced many disadvantages. Their husbands could beat them provided it was with a stick "no thicker than a man's thumb." Husbands had the sole custody of children. Except among the Quakers, women did not engage in any public activities. (For an excellent brief treatment of the situation and developments at this time, see The Nation, July...
...Committee is composed of a Chairman (M. Kalinin, popularly supposed to be President of Soviet Russia), a Secretary and 15 members. Although the Presidium has power to make war, confer decorations, ratify peace treaties, receive the credentials of foreign diplomatic representatives, etc., it is in its turn under the thumb of the Union Congress of Soviets. However, between the sessions of the Executive Committee, business is carried on by the Presidium...
...even Bryan. His "hope" that a Progressive Democrat would be chosen to fill the vacant seat from Colorado may be a hit at the conservative Underwood. Possibly he means to support his son-in-law, whom he allowed to perish miserably at San Francisco when a turn of his thumb might have made him President McAdoo, after recommending another candidate to Governor Sweet, has also endorsed Mr. Wilson's choice, while Bryan backed up McAdoo's first selection...
Perhaps finger-print signatures are almost as ancient as those of the cross, plain and simple. Pirate stories abound with descriptions of contracts, signed in blood by solemn imprint of the fingertip--or, more often, of the "massive thumb". Tom Sawyer's famous compact has been an inspiration to many a romantic youth. And artists, from time immemorial, have used the finger-print as a personal signature on drawings and paintings. But in spite of so honorable an ancestry, the idea of compulsory finger-prints seems to be meeting with some opposition...