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The measure that gave Marshall the authority to circumvent it was concealed as a rider to the Army’s annual appropriation bill.32
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
The CP, with its government support, proved able once again to cause Jim Hill much more trouble on his turf than he could render them on theirs.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
As an adult, Wilson shared none of Roosevelt’s lust for violent conquest. For his secretary of state he chose William Jennings…
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Daniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
While, during the next few minutes, the news was trickling in from Dallas, one decision was made quickly: Keith Wheeler’s proposed second article on Lyndon Johnson would not run in the next issue of the magazine: there was obviously going to be so much other news that there would be no room for it. About a week later, William Lambert went in to see
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Angelo Dilullo • Awake: It's Your Turn
Administrative responsibility came naturally. He handled the staff adroitly and was always able to cajole crusty Cambridge printers into opening the forms and remaking a page for last-minute submissions by tardy college journalists. “In his geniality was a kind of frictionless command,” his co-editor, W. Russell Bowie, recalled.53
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