Word: twentieths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the Presidency of the U. S., leaving the Vice Presidency vacant. Should the President-elect and Vice President-elect both die before taking office, the outgoing Secretary of State would temporarily assume the Presidency until Congress, invested with such powers by the Twentieth Amendment, selected a President and Vice President either by a vote of both Houses or by recalling the electoral college to make another choice...
...century thought" It concludes an illuminating, though necessarily sketchy comparison of the "climates of opinion" of the Middle Ages, the Age of the French Revolution, and today. In making this comparison Professor Becker suggests a whole philosophy of history. "Are we to suppose that the Russian Revolution of the twentieth century, like the French Revolution of the eighteenth, is but another stage in the progress of mankind toward perfection? Or should we think, with Marcus Aurelius, that the man of forty years if he have a grain of sense, . . . has been all that has been and shall be'?" Professor Becker...
...truth of this conclusion, it must be admitted that it is in line with the continuity of American History, as these scholars have traced it out. The first period of this history, termed "Geographical Pioneering," saw the mere settlement of the land, and ended before the beginning of the twentieth century. In the second period that of Technological Pioneering," the Americans harnessed the forces of nature, and made the great achievements of industry. According to the scholars who drew up the report, this period came to an end in 1929, with our present depression. In their opinion the exploitation...
...enough, the people have not sufficiently appreciated the ingenious solutions of the militant dry crusader. However, she should not lose courage. Twenty years hence, the young girls of today, still slender if Mrs. Peabody's latest movement is successful, will chip in and have a statue made of this twentieth century reformer. Brewers will, without thinking, curse Mrs. Peabody. They are a simple group if they do, for they can very easily change their occupation to that of the wine and whiskey manufacturers. As Mrs. Peabody pointed out, it was beer that caused most of the drunkenness, so it should...
...career, and somewhat overcome by the exuberance of adolescence, for the club was in its twentieth year, H. D. C. produced Michael Gold's "Fiesta," a really excellent tale of Mexican provincial life. In spite of the unusual acclaim it received in Cambridge, the censors declared the play unfit for presentation in Boston, and the show was closed before it had run its allotted number of performances. This came as a great surprise to all those connected with the production, and earnest pleas were made for a reconsideration of the censorship of a play which dramatic critics had considered...