Word: strangest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Columbus, Ohio, the mother chapter of the Anti-Saloon League published in The American Issue, its official organ, an editorial entitled "America's Strangest Political Campaign." Nominee Smith was described as representing "the sporty, jazz and liberal element of our population." The editorial also said: "If you believe in Anglo-Saxon Protestant domination. . . . you will vote for Hoover rather than Smith. . . . The Anglo-Saxon Protestants, working through both parties, have dominated America and made it what it is today-a world leader...
...here is the strangest thing. Do you know what finally cleared up my head? Those seven socks to the chin Dempsey hit me in the seventh round in Chicago. From that time on I never had that tight feeling in the head or that haziness before the eyes...
Significance. In this strangest of strikes, the striking miners are reluctant; the Union is working with all its might to have the operators continue operation under the old agreement, until terms are arranged. But the mine operators face hard facts. The best veins in the bituminous mines of the Central Field are worked out; production can be maintained only at increasing cost. And they face the competition of the easily mined non-union fields...
From the mass of testimony, some bits which stand out in retrospect are: Mr. Ford. "Mr. Ford is the strangest, most perplexing combination. Take his book on Henry Ford-one chapter reveals uncanny judgment, and the next is composed of the most utter rot. He was the company's greatest asset and also the greatest risk. He insisted on policies that were untried and which were against the consolidated judgment of other men in the automobile industry. Now that he has been so successful we can see that his judgment was sound. There was the question of the life...
Among the strangest survivals of save acres is the prevalent student practice of carrying lucky coins, lockets, and watch charms. A few men transport combs, knives, and keys whence usefulness has long departed, for the sake of their necromantic properties. Feminine vanity cases and powder compacts are also cherished, perhaps more nor their inspirational than for their thaumaturgie value...