Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cross upon President Coolidge, but found that the President could wear no foreign decoration while U. S. Chief Executive. The cross was sent to the Department of State, to be kept in trust until President Coolidge becomes eligible to wear it. ¶Two months ago (TIME, March 21), Wilson Jackson, Negro porter and keeper of the presidential collection of raccoon, collies, bees, owl, etc., rolled his large eyes, blew on his large hands when told that two lion cubs were coming to the White House, gifts of the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa, brought by one C. B. Deitz, Omaha...
...ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments to modify their positions. . . ." Progress. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, recipient of the first Wilson "Peace Prize"* (TIME, Dec. 15, 1924) and British delegate on the Preparatory Commission, described the Commission's "progress" last week in optimistic terms. Said he: "The Commission has carried out its assignment. ... It has drawn up a scheme [the "Draft Treaty of Disarmament"] for the reduction and limitation...
...awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, which bestowed a similar award last year on Elihu Root (TIME...
There are dances of high order, executed by principals and chorus, staged by William S. Wilson, which added greatly to the entertainment...
...scored two more runs for Harvard in the sixth. The eighth frame saw the Crimson point-total swelled to eight, when consecutive hits by Ullman, Donaghy, Barbee, and a fumble in the Amherst outfield netted two runs, and Burns walked, stole, and took advantage of Zarakov's single and Wilson's error to cross the plate...