Word: warrens
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...extraordinary era of good feelings commenced, lasting for more than a decade. The 1920s coincided with a less constructive but perhaps giddier national mood that found expression in the election of two laissez-faire Presidents. On the eve of the 1920 election, H.L. Mencken came out in favor of Warren Harding, "an honest reactionary" who pledged a return to normalcy. Harding's successor, Calvin Coolidge, won in 1924 on a platform of tax and budget cutting. Coolidge's "chief feat
...elegantly manicured acres in suburban Bethesda, Md., the Burning Tree Club counts among its members and honorary members Vice President George Bush, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and House Speaker Tip O'Neill. For 62 years the club has been the exclusive golf preserve of Presidents, Cabinet members, Congressmen and corporate chiefs. So long as they were male, that is. Women have never been admitted as members, guests or even maids. Last week Montgomery County Circuit Judge Irma Raker ruled that until Burning Tree begins admitting women, it can no longer enjoy a special exemption under which most...
Early last week, it looked as if the autoworkers would be successful in gaining some concessions. On Monday, Alfred Warren Jr., GM's chief negotiator, presented a 20-page proposal on job security that he called "one of the most far-reaching and most important offers we've ever made." The next day, Bieber agreed that the GM plan "has the potential to be a far-reaching document," though he conceded that "we still have a great deal of work to do." But further study by the union showed that the proposal barely acknowledged its demand for less...
More immediately, a crop of new House masters and senior tutors will greet returning students in Dunster, Cabot, Lowell, and Mather Houses, Myra A. Mayman, director of Radcliffe's Office for the Arts, will take over for departing Cabot Master Warren E.C. Wacker and Associate Master Ann Wacker. Mayman will hold the post for a year while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted. Joining Mayman at Cabot will be incoming senior tutor Elizabeth Hart...
More immediately, a crop of new House masters and senior tutors will greet returning students in Dunster, Cabot, Lowell, and Mather Houses, Myra A. Mayman, director of Radcliffe's Office for the Arts, will take over for departing Cabot Masier Warren E.C. Wacker and Associate Master Ann Wacker. Mayman will hold the post for a year while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted. Joining Mayman at Cabot will be incoming senior tutor Elizabeth Hart...