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"The Press under a Free Government"Published in 1925
One of the ideas most often associated with the 1920s is that "the business of America is business." T...
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Calvin Coolidge
Born July 4, 1872 (Plymouth Notch, Vermont)Died January 5, 1933 (Northampton, Massachusetts)
U.S. president
President Calvin Coolidge presided over the Roaring Twenties, a decade when ...
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"The Roaring'20s." That term is used to describe the 1920s, when American cities were expanding outward and upward, toward the skies. Automobiles ruled the streets. A lively bull market—a profit...
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John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the thirtieth president of the United States. He has become symbolic of the smug and self-satisfied conservatism that helped bring on the Great Depression.Calvin C...
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Kathleen Tarbell "fell head over my stomach" for her husband Waldo when they met at a dance. They married in 1927, during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. This weekend, they'll celebrate their 80th an...
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Question 1 of 10:Which President never let on to the public that he was disabled by polio and unable to walk without assistance?a)
Thomas
Jefferson
(0)b)
Franklin
Roosevelt
(1)c)
Lyndon
Johnson
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Question 1 of 10:The film industry was changed forever when the first ‘talkie’ was released in 1927. What was it called?
Modern Times
The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation
The General
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President Bush, keeping up a White House tradition that spans decades, ushered in the holidays Thursday as the National Christmas Tree came aglow in bright lights of gold, red and blue. The preside...
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Dec 29 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 5 since 1900: 1919 - The German Workers Party (later the Nazi Party) was
formed. 1922 - Irish explorer Sir Ern...
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Major League Baseball gave us Van Lingle Mungo, Mickey Klutts, Urban Shocker and Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish. Many a big leaguer has been known as much for his screwball name as ...
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Over the last decade of his life, Gerald Ford enjoyed a steady rise in reputation. His pardon of Richard Nixon was increasingly praised as an act of political courage and his moderation was seen as...
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Today is Friday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2007. There are 311 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Surib...
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Today is Sunday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2007. There are 302 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the firs...
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