Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...engaged (under old practice) in choosing the next U. S. Senator. Wheeler voted consistently for mustachioed, fearless Thomas J. Walsh. Copper legislators beat Walsh, but Burt Wheeler acquired a powerful friend. In 1912 Walsh was elected in a direct primary and in 1913 Woodrow Wilson appointed Burt Wheeler U. S. District Attorney...
...blunt ex-diplomat who as Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade was one of the junior ministers who revolted against Neville Chamberlain after Munich. After Chamberlain warned the rebels to play ball, Hudson played ball. Last summer he took credit for Behind-the-Scenes-Man Sir Horace Wilson's abortive plan to offer Germany credits and access to world markets in exchange for peace. Said the Spectator last week: "His appointment . . . over the head of Sir Arthur Salter, whose brilliant record in the control of shipping in the last war qualifies him better than any other...
...Livermore and Peter Garrett, both graduates and skiers of national repute, will probably lead the Harvard schussmen; but Del Ames, Roger Wilson, Finn Ferner and Phil Field will all place close behind, and all are expert at winding in and out of the narrowly set bamboo poles that constitute the slalom...
...Wilson Still Stroke...
...gradually working his Varsity boats into racing trim, and the boatings begin to take on a fixed character. In the case of the first boat the lineup is pretty much the same as last year at Henley. Of course Bill Rowe had turned over the stroke position to Jack Wilson then, and Jack still makes the pace. However, the number three position is becoming a problem, beng the spot vacated by Dud Talbot last year...