Word: upping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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First up rose Representative Homer Hoch, Kansas Republican, to propose an amendment by which all aliens would be omitted from the population count on which representation is based. Such a counting of voters rather than of heads has long been a favorite project of Drys and the Ku Klux Klan...
She took White Rock up with the General Land Office in Washington. U. S. officials had never heard of it, refused to believe its existence until it had been officially surveyed and "claimed" by the U.S. Having rescued the island from geographic oblivion, Mrs. Morton was more determined than ever...
When California was admitted to statehood, Juan Miranda assigned 13,400 acres of land near Petaluna to one Thomas B. Valentine. A poor protector of his own interests, Valentine failed to file this assignment with the U. S., with the result that he was "squatted" out of his holdings. He...
Mexican Ambassador Seņor Don Manuel C. Tellez, a young up-from-the-ranks diplomat famed for his sharp humor. A short man with glistening black hair and classic Spanish features, he is the discreetly jovial host at many a lavish entertainment at the Mexican Embassy.
Many years ago I was in Volterra,--one of the oldest cities in Italy. By the town gate, which is ornamented by ornaments dating from the time of the Volcians, there stand tablets, one above the other, recording the epochs when the town changed hands. The Italians who took the...