Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some of Phil La Follette's last acts in office were regarded as none too glorious for a high-minded Progressive. The attempted draining of the State Treasury was one. Another was the pardoning of Thomas M. Duncan, part owner of the Milwaukee Leader and long Phil La Follette's executive secretary and financial adviser. One night last March, Duncan, who had been drinking, careened through the outskirts of Milwaukee in his automobile, smashed into three other cars successively, killed a man, never stopped until overtaken by police. Because of Duncan's respected past, a lenient judge...
...without misgivings. The aunt was from the Middle West, you see. To her the glorious traditions of the Copley meant naught. Nevertheless she was not to be caught napping. Without batting an eye she ordered steamed clams for the opening round. A warm glow of pride enveloped her admiring nephew; the old lady was acquitting herself nobly. She knew the ropes. So he relaxed. But you know what pride goes before...
...Sixty Glorious Years (Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook; TIME...
...Sixty Glorious Years (Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook; TIME...
...Sixty Glorious Years (Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook; TIME...