Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...call from G.O.P. Patronage Boss Leonard Hall, chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was back a few minutes later, and not long afterward. Chairman Allen got a scribbled message from another Congressman who had been on the phone. It read: "Len Hall says Carroll's all right." Virginia's Howard Smith, the senior Democrat on the Rules Committee, leaned over to Allen. "Leo," Smith whispered, "you got the votes?" Leo nodded. Shortly afterward Allen cleared the room for the vote. On a voice vote (7-4), the Rules Committee backed Joe Martin and started the EPT extension...
...hungry French refused to back down. Washington quickly became Virginia's first soldier-a distinction, to be fair, which few others sought. He learned at first hand the slippery and thankless art of Indian diplomacy. He tested his courage when the British expeditionary force of General Edward Braddock was all but wiped out in an ambush in the Monongahela River forests. Washington, white-faced, weak and reeling from a "violent illness," rode for twelve hours before reaching the scene of the battle, had two horses killed beneath him, felt four bullets tear through his clothes, but never faltered...
...given command of the ist Virginia Regiment and the responsibility for protecting every scattered settler on its borders. He learned hard lessons: the difficulties of recruiting Americans for military service, the harsh necessity of discipline (once he hanged two deserters on a 40-ft. gallows to impress his less than ardent troops), the jealousy and backbiting inherent in public service...
...became embroiled in a bitter quarrel with the British army over his rank and rights as an officer. He rode all the way from Virginia to Boston in an effort to get due recognition for his seniority over certain English-born officers...
Sense of Humor. In New York City, headed for a European tour, Mrs. Virginia Roth, 25, woke up in a Manhattan hotel to find missing 1) her husband Marvin, 2) all her extra clothes, 3) $3,700 in cash, later explained to police: "He's quite a practical joker...