Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Upon approaching the impressive gates of the post proper, one feels the influence of the Army, and within the barriers such signs as "Speed Limit Twelve Miles per Hour." "Government Property" all confirm the impression of smooth organization. However, a spirit of friendliness prevails once the first awe is overcome, and there is no such thing as monotony at Ethan Allan...
...Owen West of Illinois became Secretary of the Interior without reasonable doubt that the Senate would confirm him when it meets. Aged 60, circumspect, alert, "regular" pince-nezzed, he had done well as a Chicago lawyer, served faithfully as a G. 0. Politician in Illinois (five times State Chairman, three times National Delegate, twice National Committeeman, and for the Coolidge campaign National Secretary). This year he was to have been vice chairman of the National Finance Committee, but he said he would resign that job at once and "familiarize myself with the great office for which I have been chosen...
Following Secretary Hoover's answer to the Borah questionnaire, Lawyer Clarence Darrow said: "I don't think Hoover is any drier than I am. I ought to know. I have had a drink with him" (TIME, March 5). Last week, questions were submitted asking Nominee Hoover to confirm or deny the Darrow statement and also to record: 1) whether Mr. Hoover has taken a drink since Prohibition; 2) whether Mr. Hoover would take a drink now if assured the liquor was legally possessed. Nominee Hoover's secretary, chubby George Akerson, refused to transmit the questions...
...vain M. Valdemaras bristled, protested, even hurled vituperations at M. Zaleski. The Council's dander was now up, and its 14 regular members hastened to vote "yes" unanimously to a resolution so drafted as eventually to confirm Poland in her possession of Vilna...
...technical characteristics of makeup, news and editorial writing has been accompanied by a general forward looking by the entire group of preparatory school journalists. The college paper had not long dared the photographic supplement before the schoolboy found this innovation within the ability of his hand. To confirm the permanent aspect of the newspaper of the preparatory school has come that hallmark of respectability, the news service...