Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American ReformKnopf, 1952 - 503 pages |
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Page 190
... election of 1864. A few years later he was badgering New York lead- ers with a plan to set up , in the manner of ancient Rome , a board of censors over the city's political life . Then he was feverishly at work getting under way the ...
... election of 1864. A few years later he was badgering New York lead- ers with a plan to set up , in the manner of ancient Rome , a board of censors over the city's political life . Then he was feverishly at work getting under way the ...
Page 295
... election of 1924 the AFL flabbergasted thousands of pro- gressives by acting like the AFL . Both the Republican and the Democratic conventions had ignored labor so contemptuously that rank - and - file resentment ran high , and the AFL ...
... election of 1924 the AFL flabbergasted thousands of pro- gressives by acting like the AFL . Both the Republican and the Democratic conventions had ignored labor so contemptuously that rank - and - file resentment ran high , and the AFL ...
Page 428
... election to tongue- lash Republicans who " try to go back to the 19th Century , or even to the 1920's . " They " ought to . . . try to get elected in a typical American community and see what happens to them , " said Dewey , who spoke ...
... election to tongue- lash Republicans who " try to go back to the 19th Century , or even to the 1920's . " They " ought to . . . try to get elected in a typical American community and see what happens to them , " said Dewey , who spoke ...
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Bejabers Im Worth Me Thousands | 3 |
Thrust from the Top | 10 |
From the Bottom Up | 29 |
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