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Word: tomming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: Your Waco, Tex., man, who squirts a jet of poison gas at Tom Johnson and Newton D. Baker, two really great men, brings to mind a little poem, towit: "A little dog barked at the big red moon That smiled in the evening sky. The neighbors smote him with rocks and shoon- But still he continued his ragful tune. And he barked 'till his throat was dry. But, soon 'neath the hill that obstructed the west, The moon sank out of sight; And the little dog said, as he laid down to rest, "Well, I scared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salute | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...TOM L. ANDERSON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 19, 1927 | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

...only claim to renown, it would seem is that he was henchman for the notorious "Tom" Johnson and was a "Yes Man" in the weakest Cabinet that ever sat in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

Some callers have been vexed by Mrs. Hammonds' firmness in denying them audiences with Mr. Johnston, have called her a "Mrs. Colonel House." State Senator W. M. Gulager of Muskogee has even called her a "she-Rasputin." And recently State Representative H. Tom Kight of Claremore, spokesman for 69 colleagues, addressed Mr. Johnston publicly on the subject of Mrs. Hammonds, as follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Oklahoma's Governor | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...Franciscans registered to elect a mayor. They had had but one mayor since 1912-crisp, greying Mayor James ( Plain Jim of the Mission") Rolph Jr. To oppose Mayor Rolph's reelection there had now stepped forward James E. Power, tEe power behind whom was Sheriff Tom Finn, old-time politician. Mayor Rolph endorsed William J. Fitzgerald to oust "Boss'' Finn as Sheriff, saying: "Bossism must be thrust down!" San Franciscans reflected that "Plain Jim Rolph of the Mission"†† was the man who had brought the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to town, in L915...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Off-Year Elections | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

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