RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY A HISTORY OF MODERN AMERICAN REFORM1956 |
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... seemed to him unfair and overwhelming odds . In 1887 Congress appropriated ten thousand dollars to aid drought sufferers in buying new grain seed , and Cleveland vetoed the item with a declaration that " though the people support the ...
... seemed to him unfair and overwhelming odds . In 1887 Congress appropriated ten thousand dollars to aid drought sufferers in buying new grain seed , and Cleveland vetoed the item with a declaration that " though the people support the ...
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... seemed as leery of ideas as he was of girls , came to life . Here was a seem- ingly unanswerable statement of the overwhelming power of material forces in the world . But what happened , then , to the teachings of his home , and the ...
... seemed as leery of ideas as he was of girls , came to life . Here was a seem- ingly unanswerable statement of the overwhelming power of material forces in the world . But what happened , then , to the teachings of his home , and the ...
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... seemed to most liberals just a corporation executive affecting a New - Dealish homespun for political purposes , " a simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer " as Harold Ickes sneered . But Willkie , like Louis Brandeis , came from the ...
... seemed to most liberals just a corporation executive affecting a New - Dealish homespun for political purposes , " a simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer " as Harold Ickes sneered . But Willkie , like Louis Brandeis , came from the ...
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Bejabers Im Worth Me Thousands | 3 |
Thrust from the Top | 9 |
From the Bottom Up | 24 |
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