Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suppose it is natural that my English friends generally, from the King [Edward VII] down, should think I was under the influence of the Kaiser [Wilhelm II], but you ought to know better, old man. There is much that I admire about the Kaiser . . . [but] he himself is altogether too jumpy, too volatile in his policies, too lacking in the power of continuous and sustained thought and action for me to feel that he is in any way such a man as, for instance, Taft or Root. You might as well talk of my being under the influence of Bryan...
...same year President Roosevelt wrote: "I have more than once been greatly exasperated with the Kaiser myself. When I first came into the Presidency I was inclined to think that the Germans had serious designs upon South America. But I think I succeeded in impressing upon the Kaiser, quietly and unofficially and with equal courtesy and emphasis, that any violation of the Monroe Doctrine by territorial aggrandizement on his part around the Caribbean meant war, not ultimately but immediately and without delay. He has always been as nice as possible to me since...
Resigned. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Manhattan realtor; from the directorate of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Reason: "I did not think it ethical to be director of the Metropolitan and at the same time be head of a real-estate company [Empire State Inc.] which was applying for a large loan from the Metropolitan Life with which to erect a building" [WaldorfAstoria building, Manhattan...
...wasn't a sports writer could have predicted, I stand in a rather precarious position: It's not that I don't know what will happen; it's simply that I hate to dish old friends like Arnie Horween and Mal Stevens. Now these--two boys seem to think that if I would keep quiet they could decide it between themselves. I am willing to humor them to a certain extent: I even arranged to referee a duel at twenty paces with snow balls early this morning, but Mal said he didn't like snow balls...
...want any one to think I have lost any of my powers. I am going to tell you incidentally the scores of a couple of big games so no one will think that, and then I will drop a small hint on the important matter so that any real smart fellow will know what to do about it. California will have a tough time with Stanford but the final score will be just about 12 to 7. And the same may be said of the Notre Dame outfit when it runs up against Northwestern. The latter may score...