Word: contention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were standing pat for Coolidge, groaning over Hooverism. When Jeremiah Milbank of Manhattan, one of Lawyer Hope's great & good clients, was made Eastern Fiscal Agent of the Hoover campaign, Lawyer Hope and many another Manhattanite felt better. Now, 16 months after Kansas City, Lawyer Hope is well content to have direct supervision of: Internal Revenue collections, national banks (through the Comptroller of the Currency), the making of all money, the Secret Service...
...Times had gone higher. When $80,000 was reached, Publisher Boni telephoned from Paris to Manhattan. He suggested to the Times that they were cutting each other's throats. Whereat the Times expressed great surprise because it had not been bidding at all. Off went Publisher Boni well content to let the Tiger whistle...
Apparently those who live in glass houses, not content with a mere throwing of stones, have entered into a somewhat ragged game of catch with the big leagues. It is too early to predict the outcome of the contest, but the constant mention of money adds a taint of professionalism to the proceedings which cannot fall to arouse regret in the ranks of the amateur garden clubs involved. So far the hothouse gang seems to have the edge but the experts are talking knowingly about the dark horse pitcher held in reserve by the big league...
...they have come true. The Poland of today is strong and content; her economic development has been good, her army is powerful...
...that a person who has used Barton's room in Wadsworth House during vacation left crackers and cheese in the room. It is probably A. Z. Reed. This food attracted the rats and mice. No other damage has been done in Wadsworth House. I think Barton will have to content himself with a certificate...