Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bluebeard's Seven Wives. A genial prod in the ribs of the movies, made by the movies themselves, is a healthy sign. Movies have too many times taken themselves seriously. This one is played by Ben Lyon, Lois Wilson, Blanche Sweet. The young man hops from a park bench to leading man and riches...
Miller v. Einstein. Conclusions drawn from thousands of "etherdrift" experiments at Mt. Wilson Observatory (10,000 calculations in 1925 alone) were: 1) That, contrary to the assumptions of Dr. Albert Einstein, there is an all pervasive substance in the universe through which all matter moves; 2) That this substance, ether, has a motion imparted to it by moving matter (a motion similar to that of water following the stern of a moving ship). In the case of the earth, the ether is subject to a 95% drag, but slips away again 50%; 3) That the whole solar galaxy (group...
...Great Quarterback Guttormson kicked off for Washington and in a spurting run, a twinkling pass, the ball was back on his 17-yard line with agile Quarterback Pooley Hubert calling a new Alabama signal. The thunder awoke. Alabama's next pass was intercepted and Guttormson, Tesreau, Patton and Wilson plunged the ball back to a touchdown. In the second period they got another, in the fourth another...
...powers, of the Senate by its treaty powers, of the Supreme Court in judicial review, and of the several states by independent local action, to delay or nullify careful negotiations with the rest of the human race. The author's solicitude, here dispassionate, doubtless reflects the chagrin of President Wilson's friend and closest Cabinet associate at the fate of the Versailles Treaty. He pleads for constitutional adequacy to aid in preventing another world-wide conflagration...
...greatest fight to increase the maximum estate tax from 20% (in the bill) to 25%. "What has made possible the perpetration of these taxing outrages at the present time?" said he. "Let me tell you. Bryan is dead, Wilson is dead, Roosevelt is dead, La-Follette is dead, Gompers is dead. They may have differed in many matters, but if they were all living they would unite in their opposition, to this bill. . . . And now may I mention the names of some other leaders on this side? You will recognize them as I mention them? Clark, DeArmond, James, Kitchin, Padgett...