Word: embarrassing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...uncle as "the chief lobbyist of the Pennsylvania steel masters." A brother of Governor Landon's late mother, William T. Mossman has been public relations chief for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. for the past 25 years. Last week Governor Earle was not the only partisan who attempted to embarrass Governor Landon by lugging his lobbyist uncle irrelevantly into the campaign. Philip Murray, head of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and right-hand man of John L. Lewis, who is supporting Franklin Roosevelt through Labor's Non-Partisan-League, published a telegram to Kansas' Governor...
...Civil Service Commission, headed by Democrat Harry B. Mitchell, professed great enthusiasm at this latest Roosevelt reform. Cocky Republicans claimed their attacks on the President and "General" Farley were solely responsible for bringing it about. But wiseacres pointed out that the order could not possibly embarrass the Democratic machine. If reelected, Franklin Roosevelt has only to reappoint the Democrats now in office, after they satisfy the Commission that they are literate. If Governor Landon is elected, he will have either to rescind last week's order, and thus be accused of wrecking the civil service, or else carry...
Farmer's statement is as follows: "In retaliation for a certain practical joke played on me by G. M. Davis, I sent in his name the so-called joke bomb consisting of candy, and alarm clock, and excelsior to Governor Curley, hoping to embarrass Davis with unwanted publicity...
...newsman must have the brass to ask what are generally called "embarrassing questions." This quality Mr. Howard displayed in full measure in his interview with Dictator Stalin, whom it is virtually impossible to embarrass. Consequently their conversation, even after filtering through the Chief Soviet Censor, was a merry din of brass clashing upon steel...
Foster's identification of Ryan, however, would seriously embarrass Colonel Charles R. Apted '06 for his hasty seizure of George. The authenticity of the report that Foster has already received an out-of-court settlement has not been reliably proved...