Word: winters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...David Lawrence, able publisher of the United States Daily, writing in the Chicago Daily News, retold an historic remark uttered in the winter of 1920 by President-elect Harding to his private secretary, George Christian. The Harding Cabinet was being selected, under much political stress & strain. The Christian-Lawrence version of Harding's remark: "George, I've just got a hunch that it's the best thing to do and a big thing to do -to pick Hoover. This fellow can be a big factor in a big constructive way in this reconstruction period...
...from Wyoming, Charles Edwin Winter, used to be a Representative (1923-27). Before that he was an oilman and a judge. His home is at Casper, near famed Teapot Dome and Salt Creek. He is a Shriner. But Senators like Borah and Johnson have taught Washington to view with some circumspection any statesman from the great open spaces who has risen to Senatorial rank...
Tattletale British railway officials revealed last week that George V, who has a tendency toward bronchitis, is extremely particular when he travels in winter that all cars of the Royal Train are kept at exactly the same temperature...
...proved economically unsound. Though it is great fun to make the wagers, paying them is not so pleasant. And today it seems to be on the cards for Princeton to mop up the Bowl with the Elis. If this eventuality occurs, the young Forecasts will go without footgear this winter and I myself will have to cut down to two cigars...
...winter schedules for the University Freshman track teams call for four major meets each, it was announced yesterday by the Harvard Athletic Association. For two of these, the University squad will go to New York, while all the remaining meets will take place in Boston...