Word: woodrow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless, Sir Henry said much. Said he of the late U. S. President Woodrow Wilson, whom he facetiously called "my cousin," and often referred to as "that ass": "That ass President Wilson has barged in and asked all belligerents for their terms...
...every one knows, Woodrow Wilson's Paris trip was the first of its kind. Taft visited Panama in 1910, but stayed in territory under U. S. jurisdiction, except for a brief stop-over at Cuba on the home trip. Harding, returning from his Alaskan tour, visited Vancouver, B. C., not, however, on a diplomatic mission...
...Germany. Simple and unaffected in speech, he exuded an earnestness and sincerity that marked him as capable and efficient and endeared him to all. Coming to Washington two years ago as the successor of Dr. Wiedfeldt, who refused to lower the German flag at the death of ex-President Woodrow Wilson, he had a hard row to hoe; but by his energy and straight-forwardness in official matters and by his skill and charm as a host he soon conquered the Washington diplomatic circle and society...
...Supply Service, had a prepared speech clenched in his fist when he arose to speak. But before unfurling it, he ejaculated at audience and microphone: "The country is beginning at last to take the measure of the great War President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and of the great Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker. They protected the American Army from political interference. They insisted that promotion should be on merit and let the best man win. And that's what made the American achievement possible...
...Adriatic Sea, sandwiched between Jugoslavia and Greece), was informed by the Government of Ahmed Bey Zogu, President of Albania, that Port San Giovanni di Medua, on the northwestern coast, will be re- named Port Wilson, as promised by Bishop Fan Noli, onetime (1924) Prime Minister, in recognition of Woodrow Wilson's part in consolidating the independence of Albania...