Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Woodrow Wilson: "Last week I re-entered society for the first time in five years, by attending a formal tea given for me in Washington by the Women's National Democratic Club. All my hostesses demonstrated their knowledge of politics to the satisfaction of Democratic party chieftains, who were also present. I wore a Paris hat, which has a rhinestone buckle, my double strand of pearls, falling almost to my waist, and a bouquet of lavender orchids, pinned to my right shoulder...
William S. Vare of Pennsylvania, winner of the great Republican slush-fund derby, is opposed by untainted, able William Bauchop Wilson, onetime (1913-21) Secretary of Labor under President Wilson. In spite of the fact that such a Republican as Senator Norris of Nebraska (TIME, Oct. 25) is fighting against the election of Mr. Vare, in spite of the fact that his chances of being unseated by the Senate are many, it would be no less than a political revolution for Pennsylvania to elect a Democratic Senator...
...Court upheld the power of the President to remove post-masters and other statutory Federal officials. This vital decision was made last week in a suit brought by the late Frank S. Myers to recover back pay for the full period of his appointment as Portland, Ore., Postmaster. President Wilson had removed him without a hearing and without the consent of the Senate. The Court said last week that he could not get his pay: he was legally ousted...
Ambassador, was one; the others: Dr. Richard Henry Wilson of the University of Virginia, Dr. R. F. A. Muller (Belgian engineer), Dr. L. A. J. Mercier (French professor at Harvard), Dr. Robert M. Sugars of McGill University (Irish-born). When these five-four foreigners to one U. S. citizen-voted, they were unanimous in awarding the international championship and a silver loving cup to Orator Wenig of the U. S.; second honors to Orator Munoz-Cota of Mexico...
...Bucky" is the standard sobriquet for a star fullback; other good names for a back are "Red," "Champ," "Charlie." With all four of these gentlemen, listed as Dahlman, Hearndon, Chevigney, and Riley, in the field, Notre Dame's able team pounded past Penn State, 28 to 0. Wilson and Harding made a cabinet of their own in the Army backfield and kept tossing the portfolio back and forth until, with the support of the best line in the East, they beat their heavy Syracuse visitors...