Word: writing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from his liberal throne in The Nation, a cry of protest went up from the liberal press - not only in England but in this country. Mr. Strachey, a Conservative in politics but a liberal in journalism, then did an unusual and highly creditable thing - he engaged Mr. Massingham to write for The Spectator. There Mr. Massingham now conducts a column which is headed The Other Side. While Mr. Strachey says one thing in his editorial columns, Mr. Massingham upholds the opposite thesis, and all in the same paper...
That evening, ignorant of this event, Captain Sigsbee retired to his cabin about eight o'clock to write a letter to his wife. Most of the crew of 328 and the 36 officers were already asleep. He finished his letter and was sealing it when a great explosion shook the ship and she immediately began to list. The Captain rushed to the deck and amid the confusion issued orders to post sentries to repel boarders. There were no boarders, but the forward magazines had exploded and the Maine quickly sank in the waters of the harbor, carrying with...
...wrote about as most "Western" writers do not;?conscientiousness, craftmanship and sincerity are evident throughout the novel. What faults there are are faults neither of intention nor laziness?you have the constant feeling that here is a book written as well as the particular author concerned could write...
...amend his bill by striking out the passage which is " unnecessarily offending to the Negro population." Many states have laws against miscegenation, and the Senator regards the provision as an unnecessary troublemaker. The withdrawal of this section by the Senator is made easier because he himself did not write the bill. It was drawn by the attorney of the American Federation of Women's Clubs...
...years ago last June 11 he was appointed United States Prohibition Commissioner by President Harding. He is Roy Asa Haynes. During the last two years he has, in his own words, " devoted every ounce" of his energy to his official task. Daily he was importuned to make addresses or write articles on his work. Finally he came to believe that the public and the prohibition cause could best be served by writing a "simple, accurate story" of his progress in enforcing the Volstead Act. The result of this decision was the production of a book on prohibition enforcement, which...