Word: identities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...guns, boarded the presidential barge, was ferried out into the Potomac near Haines Point, received another salute, boarded the revenue cutter Apache. Leaning over the rail he watched intently while Imp II, driven by Financier Richard Farnsworth Hoyt of Manhattan, won the President's cup for motorboats. The Pres- ident then accepted another salute, was ferried ashore and motored?reversing a decision of the week prior?the 100-odd miles away from Washington's heat and humidity to his Rapidan camp for one more weekend. Guests at the camp included Secretary of Commerce Lamont, F. K. Heath, Assistant Secretary...
Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Among them were men hitherto more notable than he in steel, men such as Pres ident James A. Campbell of Youngstown, Chairman Leopold E. Block of Inland and President P. D. Block of Inland. They and their colleagues agreed upon the merger of the two corporations. A majority of their directors and stockholders must yet formally agree. If they do, as seems probable, their combined assets will be $385,000,000, their ingot capacity 4,942,000 tons yearly. Surpassing them in the U. S. will be only U. S. Steel (assets...
...myself an avowed fresh-air flend. My opinions on the subject may consequently be a trifle over hearty. But certainly no one will deny that the situation in the library is not ident--is, in fact, deplorably otherwise. It is literally impossible for me to stud, in the Reading Room, and a few nights ago I had an opportunity of observing at least one gentleman who is evidently in the same unfortunate position: during the three quarters of an hour in which I strove to read, he slept soundly and somewhat heavily in his chair, and was still asleep when...
...Christmas Day in 1921, I had a telephone call from Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, the President's sister, who was at the White House: 'Come on over,' she said, 'Wernie wants to talk to you.' She always called the Pres ident 'Wernie.' I went over and found the President sitting all alone in his office and evidently very depressed. He said, 'Merry Christmas,' reached into a right-hand drawer of his desk, pulled out a plug of Piper Heidsieck and took a chew. He got up and looked out on the White House garden and said: 'Help yourself to a cigaret...
...possibilities of new political alignment with Mr. Coolidge as Pres- ident are extremely various. With one sweep the jokester, Fate, took all the pieces off one side of the political chessboard; then put them back in new arrangement...