Word: set
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Union (see below), punctuating the hours with an 18-Ib. wild turkey, shot in the Blue Ridge Mountains near his summer camp and presented to him by Postmaster William M. Mooney of Washington. With the White House in mourning for Secretary of War Good, only three extra plates were set, for Allan Hoover, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Rickard. Other doings: one hour at church; two hours on a motor ride. ¶ Thirty-five public utility executives, led by Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric, filed into the Cabinet Room, pledged nearly two billion dollars to the President's Momentum...
...emigrated to Pittsburgh 48 years ago. Grym y groes (The Power of the Cross) is the favorite song of all Welsh revivals. The Singing Secretary of Labor sang in Welsh for two reasons: i) The song had never been translated into English; 2) at Sharon, Pa., before his radio set sat David James Davis, 80, harkening with vast delight to his son's cheerful voice. And before their radio sets throughout the land sat many other Welshmen. Next day at Cabinet meeting Secretary Davis announced: "Apparently most of the two million Welshmen in the U. S. heard...
...finished his first, and last annual report for his department. To his bedside before lapsing into final unconsciousness, he summoned his wife, gave her detailed instructions to be carried to his secretary. Forward-looking, optimistic, the report outlined Army plans and policies which another will now execute. Some facts set forth...
...Panama Canal set new records for the year: 7,029 transits, $27,128,889 in tolls; 30,663,006 cargo tons carried. A battalion of engineers will be sent to Nicaragua "before the next dry season" to resurvey and study the proposed canal route across that country...
...third alternative offering a considerable reduction in the eating requirements of the two Houses, and a five day extension of time in which prospective members may apply for the Houses was announced yesterday at University Hall as the result of student protest over the conditions originally set forth. (CRIMSON, November 26). Upon the advice of the Student Council Committee on the House Plan and Junior members of the Council, a third rate of $7.50 for any 10 meals a week has been established...