Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Alfred E. Smith: "Given four years more, the third-term candidate will lead you over the hills to the poorhouse and the government handout...
...President Roosevelt's son John, 24, was 7.268th in the drawings, thus had some prospect of being drafted "for the Third World War" (favorite crack among high-number holders last week...
...first day of the war, Turkey was said to have declared war against Italy, Turkish troops were said to be entering Thrace. On the second day, Britons were said to have landed in force at Salonika (three days' sailing time from Alexandria, the nearest British base). By the third day a revolt in Albania was said to have reached serious proportions: 3,000-4,000 well-armed rebels were said to be cutting Italian communications from the rear. All this time Greek resistance was said to out-Thermopylae Thermopylae, and on the fifth day Belgrade reported the Greeks "smashing...
...same day that newsmen chased the Willkie train across Ohio, Franklin Roosevelt set forth in earnest as a candidate for a Third Term. That night he was in Boston. At the Boston Garden the crowd was apathetic. The hands of Franklin Roosevelt, the great organist, fumbled with the keys. He looked very tired...
...into Cleveland's vast Auditorium. They had cheered their hearts out, cheered even after he started to speak. Then they had sat spellbound while Roosevelt, fatigue written on his face, struck with every weapon at his foes. There for the first time he gave tacit recognition to the Third Term issue, asked for a chance "to stick it out" for "four more years." He promised: "When that term is over there will be another President of the U. S." He had told them of a renascent...