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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...secured 285 convictions out of 287 cases during his 15-month term-an astounding record. On such food the inquisitor of the Senate was trained. For two terms he was an able Mayor of Kansas City. In 1904 he reached prematurely for the governorship and received his only popular defeat. Then he returned to his law practice, sharpened his tongue and his wits. In 1911 it was a polished lawyer and not a politician, a satirist and not a reformer, who entered the U. S. Senate. He has been there ever since, despite combined efforts of Woodrow Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The 69th | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

With a record of four games won and one defeat, the 1930 quintet leads the Class League, with Junior, Senior and Sophomore teams following in that order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASKETBALL LEAGUES ATTRACT 300 PLAYERS | 3/2/1927 | See Source »

...review of the squash team records for the past four years shows four State and three National Championships to the racquetmen's credit, with only one defeat. This was administered by the British team and was not a scheduled match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR TOURNAMENTS TO CLOSE SQUASH SEASON | 3/1/1927 | See Source »

...Lenhart '27 there was snappy play in which Cazalet was clearly the outstanding figure for at least the first two matches. Then Lenhart seemed to find his stride but was still unable to cope with the brilliant strokes of the Englishman and went down to a 3 to 1 defeat. The scores were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISHMEN DOWN CRIMSON IN CLOSE RACQUET CONTEST | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

...Harvard team must defeat the English before it can gain permanent possession of the trophy, on which it now has two legs won from previous championships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RACQUETMEN BEAT PHILADELPHIANS | 2/21/1927 | See Source »

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