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It began with a matter of coal. The President wanted a bill passed giving him power to deal with a coal crisis, should one arise. Horrified, coal operators from and about Pittsburgh caused their lobbyists and Congressmen to gyrate. At this juncture, the fine Machiavellian hand of an opportunist plucked...
It is significant that each of these earlier eras was a period of crisis in the history of mankind and of its progress. The Empire succeeded the Republic, Nationalism succeeded Feudalism: Democracy succeeded Absolutism. Out of a broom and an old hat the forces of reaction created a scarecrow for...
"We have, however, investigated and studied conditions thoroughly, and although we are confident that competent men of vision and experience are guiding the University successfully through a period of crisis and change in American education, we have worked out a program for the sane and natural discussion of problems vitally...
Potent, the Earl of Birkenhead was obliged to cut short his holiday and hasten back to England because of the ugly Chinese crisis.
Out of Hand. A long coded radio from Vice Admiral Charles S. Williams to U. S. Secretary of State Kellogg caused that statesman abruptly to change his mind as follows: He had instructed John Van Antwerp MacMurray, U. S. Minister at Peking, to hasten to Washington, hoping to delay action...