Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nelson O'Shaughnessy, jolly Manhattanite, who once played tennis with the German Crown Prince, who was a popular chargé d'affaires in Mexico during the vexations of President Wilson's first administration, who speaks five languages, who is now negotiating loans with the Jugoslav Government for Blair & Co. of Manhattan, is something of an imperialist. Last week he paused on a holiday in Vienna to say: "It is only a question of time when we will have to invade Mexico to call a definite halt on its trouble making-propensities. We might as well face...
...Willie Wilson stayed up late one night. He and his wife took turns walking up and down the floor with a sick baby. They heard automobiles stop in front of the house. Mr. Wilson got down his gun. Eight masked men came into the bedroom where the baby was wailing and Mr. Wilson was standing in the dark. They threw flashlight beams into his face and fired twice, killing...
...Woodrow Wilson was born on Dec. 28, 1856. Seventy years later, many of his admirers gathered at luncheons and dinners through out the land to honor his name. In Manhattan Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and some 500 distinguished guests assembled to hear Elihu Root accept a check for $25,000 and a bronze medal from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation (TIME, Dec. 20) "in recognition of his services to humanity...
Inspired by the Wilson Day celebrations, there arose within the nation an anonymous donor with $50,000. He (or she) presented it to the Woodrow Wilson Founda tion, which forthwith announced that it would award two prizes of $25,000 each to the man and woman (between the ages of 20 and 35) who submit the two best articles on: "What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me." The manuscripts must not contain more than 2,500 words and must be completed before...
...England Intercollegiate championship, is expected to repeat this year. Other University matmen of last year are C. C. Corson '28 in the 145 pound class, Captain H. R. Wood '27 in the 158 pound class, T. D. Howe '28 in the 175 pound class, and S. S. Wilson '28 in the unlimited class...