Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Republican, shattered his seniority record. In 1923 he was returned to the House and again started his climb from the bottom up through the Ways & Means. During his two-year absence "Jack" Garner, who entered the House with him in 1903, jumped ahead. Well may Representative Rainey wonder what his political destiny might have been, had he not lost one term out of 16. Even today only one "lame duck" (Mississippi's Collier) precedes him on the Committee over which he helped to> preside at last week's beer hearings. In all the 73rd Congress only one member...
...drives, scoring under 90. When it was established that Babe Didrikson is also an expert swimmer, basketball player, baseball pitcher, football halfback, a proficient billiardist, a clever tumbler, a boxer and wrestler, a fencer, weight lifter and adagio dancer, she could only be described by appalled reporters as a "wonder girl." Last week, Wonder Girl Didrikson had cause for wonderment herself. The Amateur Athletic Union suspended her from amateur competition in the U. S. and then promised to reinstate her if & when she took an action which would seem far more like professionalism than the one for which...
...criticize the amount of money expended by a college on athletics. Obviously to conduct intercollegiate and intramural athletics on such a scale as I have outlined costs money, and a great deal of money. Total figures loom large, and those not familiar with the number competing may well wonder if the $900,000 on the expense side of our ledger can be wisely expended on athletics. Although money paid out by the Athletic Association reaches this large total of $900,000, several major items in this sum cannot be regarded as expenses. Many items of outgo are offset by much...
...Socialism, and of a Planned Economy." At a time when economic issues hold the center of the stage, there could be few questions of more importance to the general public. The depression has thrown the American economic structure into the spotlight of criticism, and people are now beginning to wonder if there are not fundamental defects in the system. At such a time, and with the people in such a mood, it is essential that the public be clear in its mind as to all the issues involved...
...York City's Police Commissioner Edward Pierce Mulrooney went to the Vatican, heard himself, his family and force blessed by Pope Pius XI Later he heard Benito Mussolini wonder why Franklin Delano Roosevelt and James John ("Jimmy") Walker had "quarreled," since they are members of the same political party...