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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In Congress: He served one complete term (1919-1925) in the Senate. Seeking re-election in 1924 he was defeated by a narrow margin (20,000 votes) by onetime House Speaker Frederick Gillett in the Coolidge landslide. His revenge came in 1926 when he ousted from a Senate seat William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Well, now that General Jake Wolters has, as he states, "Cleaned up Borger" (TIME, Nov. 4) it might be pertinent to ask that being so experienced he try his hand on his own home town, Houston, with a public record of more automobile accidents than any town in the United

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

"Take it From Me," one must give all columnists "An Even Break." Whether you are "In Broken Fields" or not, travelling "Down the Line" invariably brings you to "Lining Them Up." But whoever has been courageous enough to get this far cannot avoid that bottom-of-the-column feeling.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Will Feel More at Home in Rounded Stadium--Bottle Royal is Promised for Today | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

17--Greene, giant guard and captain of the Blue forces. A deadly tackler and a fast charger, he is the tower of strength in the Yale forward wall that has been opening up the holes for Booth all year. After an early season defeat at the hands of Georgia, Greene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

49--Hickok, one half of Yale's famous end combination of Hickok and Barres. After observing this pair go down under punts and play a bang up game against both Dartmouth and Princeton, Grantland Rice called them the best set of ends in the whole country. They will have to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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