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  Calvin Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coolidge was elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911, was a member of the State senate 1912-1915, serving as president of that body in 1914 and 1915.
Coolidge is shown above on October 22, 1924 holding a ceremonial hat given to him by the Smoki Indian tribe of Prescott, Arizona.
Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attempt to intervene in free markets, letting business cycles run their course.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calvin_Coolidge   (1877 words)

  
 Calvin Coolidge - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was a member of the city council in 1899, city solicitor from 1900-1902, clerk of courts in 1904, and a member of the State house of representatives 1907-1908.
Unusually for a prominent politician, Coolidge was a man of few words, earning him the nickname "Silent Cal." It is said that a White House dinner guest once made a bet with her friends that she could get the president to say at least three words during the course of the meal.
Upon telling Coolidge of her wager, he replied simply with the words "You lose." For a further anecdote illustrating Coolidge's laconic wit, see Coolidge effect.
open-encyclopedia.com /Calvin_Coolidge   (668 words)

  
 Barrett Watten, Total Syntax
Coolidge has also explored this semantic potential energy gap in a work involving tape loops, in which two loops at different speeds are phased in and out with each other and the phase interaction is recorded.
Coolidge's breakthrough work in the "prosoid" form, Quartz Hearts, is in fact a preparatory study for his still untitled "longwork." "It is in every sense a hinge work," begun during writing of the last section of Polaroid.
Coolidge is not forthcoming on his techniques, but I imagine a writing scenario as follows: words or materials (open books, clippings) are on a table next to a typewriter.
epc.buffalo.edu /authors/coolidge/watten.html   (4965 words)

  
 Vermont State Parks - Coolidge
Nestled in the mountains to the south is the community of Plymouth, birthplace of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States.
Here, the Coolidge Homestead is maintained by the Division of Historic Sites complete with the furnishings that were present the night of his inauguration in 1923.
Camp Calvin Coolidge, located in the Coolidge State Forest in Plymouth, was established June 9, 1933 as the third Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp to be set up in Vermont.
www.vtstateparks.com /htm/coolidge.cfm   (535 words)

  
 Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coolidge is the name of several places in the United States:
Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872–January 5, 1933), the twenty-ninth Vice President and the thirtieth President of the United States.
Grace Coolidge (January 3, 1879–July 8, 1957), the wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coolidge   (180 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Calvin Coolidge
Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper.
Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of Presidents, and the most accessible.
His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, recounted that a young woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party confided to him she had bet she could get at least three words of conversation from him.
www.usa-presidents.info /coolidge.htm   (585 words)

  
 Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coolidge was educated at Harvard from where he received his B.A. degree summa cum laude in 1895.
Coolidge organised courses for his men at the Sorbonne in 1919 and in that year the French government made him a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur.
In 1927 Coolidge was appointed as chairman of the Mathematics Department at Harvard.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Coolidge.html   (853 words)

  
 WILLIAM DAVID COOLIDGE: INVENTOR, PHYSICIST, RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Coolidge's observation was a very important "foot in the door." After three more years of painstaking research on this intractable metal, a process was developed by means of which tungsten was made sufficiency ductile at room temperatures to permit drawing through diamond dies.
Coolidge was in touch with many physicians and radiologists during the progress of his X-ray studies, and one of them, Dr. Lewis C. Cole of New York, was the first to have his office equipped with the new tube.
Coolidge's first assignment was to investigate why tantalum lamp filaments quickly broke when operated on alternating current, and there began a six-year struggle that Coolidge later compared to lock-smithing: "Imagine then a man wishing to open a door locked with a combination lock and bolted on the inside.
www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /unitarians/coolidge.html   (5118 words)

  
 Blogdogs: C.M. Coolidge - Greatest Artist of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Between 1868 and 1872 Cassius Marcellus Coolidge worked as a druggist and sign painter, founded a bank and a newspaper, then moved from Antwerp, New York, to Rochester, where he started painting dogs in human situations.
Coolidge's first customers were cigar companies that printed copies of the paintings for giveaways.
And even though Coolidge's use of light is reminscent of Rembrant and the other great Dutch masters, he combines it with a contemporary social commentary that is a good century ahead of the activist postmodern art of the '80s.
www.blogdogs.com /coolidge.html   (413 words)

  
 American President
A quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit, Calvin Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal." After learning of his ascendancy to President on the death of Warren Harding in 1923, Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, and promptly went back to bed.
While practicing law in Northhampton, Massachusetts, Coolidge began to climb the ladder of state politics from a spot on the City Council in 1900, to chairman of the Northhampton Republican Committee in 1904, to the state legislature in 1907.
Coolidge never explained why he chose not to run for a second term, but those closest to him suggested it was out of concern for his health.
www.americanpresident.org /history/calvincoolidge   (799 words)

  
 Noho.com - Brief History of Northampton
Coolidge and Hemenway was a place to kick off one's shoes, lean back with a freshly clipped cigar, and pour over the morning's papers and ever-present mail.
Grace Coolidge, as tolerant as the nation was bemused, humored her husband into abandoning white kid gloves at the fish pond.
Coolidge lent credence to this prophecy in a conversation with Colonel Starling.
www.noho.com /calvinc.html   (3981 words)

  
 Coolidge, Texas; Historic Coolidge.
Back to Limestone County - Coolidge was born because of the railroad and nearly died because of the railroad.
The railroad abandoned its rails through Coolidge in 1942, but it managed to hang on, even though it never again reached its high water mark of 1,150 that it held in the 1930s.
Within a year or so Coolidge had 40 or 50 residences, 2 or 3 churches, 6 or 8 stores a brick school building and a bank - it was really a town, not just a community center.
www.texasescapes.com /TOWNS/CoolidgeTexas/coolidgetx1.htm   (801 words)

  
 Business Directory Coolidge, Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coolidge is a city with an area of 13.0 km² (5.0 mi²) and a population of 7,786 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory Coolidge Coolidge is a city located in Pinal County, Arizona.
Coolidge is 56 miles southeast of Phoenix, and 69 miles northwest of Tucson.
Coolidge was incorporated as a city in 1945.
coolidge.arizona-city-business-directory.com   (170 words)

  
 Coolidge, Cassius
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge created the whimsical poker dogs, a series of oil paintings made in the 1920s depicting a group not only playing poker but engaged in other usually human activities.
This was an artistic subspecialty for Coolidge that was preceded by a string of careers.
Coolidge's first customers were the cigar companies, who printed copies of his paintings for giveaways.
www.michaels.com /art/artprints/artistBio?artistid=289   (239 words)

  
 President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Sites - www.HistoricVermont.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coolidge was immediately sworn in as the 30th President of the United States by his father, a Notary Public.
The homes of Calvin Coolidge's family and neighbors, the community church, cheese factory, one-room schoolhouse, and general store have been carefully preserved, and many buildings have their original furnishings.
Touring Vermont nearly a year after the devastating Flood of 1927, he was greatly impressed by the progress made in recovery and felt a kinship with the Vermonters who met his train in Bennington.
www.dhca.state.vt.us /HistoricSites/html/coolidge.html   (341 words)

  
 Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
The legacy of Calvin Coolidge has enjoyed a resurgence and newfound relevancy in recent years, along with a reconsideration of his place in American history on the part of historians and scholars.
The Coolidge Foundation is at the forefront of this new scholarship, and we invite you to participate by becoming a member of the foundation.
The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation is a 501 c3 organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
www.calvin-coolidge.org   (340 words)

  
 Coolidge
Coolidge, Arizona, United States [City]; population was 6,927 in 1990; housing units was 2,806 in 1990; location is 32°59'N 111°32'W; land area is 4.77 square miles (3,054 acres); FIPS code is 15500 [SourceCBP]
Coolidge, Kansas, United States [City]; population was 90 in 1990; housing units was 38 in 1990; location is 38°2'N 102°0'W; land area is 0.46 square miles (294 acres); FIPS code is 15400 [SourceCBP]
Coolidge, Texas, United States [Town]; population was 748 in 1990; housing units was 362 in 1990; location is 31°45'N 96°39'W; land area is 0.97 square miles (618 acres); water area is 0.03 square miles (22 acres); FIPS code is 16552 [SourceCBP]
www.placesnamed.com /c/o/coolidge.asp   (297 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Coolidge: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coolidge was the last president who wrote his own speeches, spent hours each day greeting White House guests, had only one secretary, and who didn't keep a telephone on his desk.
The book gives some lesser known facts on Coolidge: he was voted one of the best radio personalities of his time, "Silent Cal" gave more press conferences than ANY of his predecessors, and had staggeringly high approval ratings that could have ushered him into another term.
Rather than the defense of the conservative Coolidge this book purports to be, the author's thesis isn't "Coolidge was a great defender of capitalism" but rather "Coolidge was more progressive than he seemed, and therefore he was great." Coolidge needs his defender, but he won't find him here.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0895264102   (934 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Calvin Coolidge (Encyclopedia of Presidents): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But having read several such books about Coolidge, it seems to be the case that the times overshadowed the man. In fact, clearly people like Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Richard Byrd arguably made much bigger marks on the time when Coolidge was in the White House than the President.
Kent tells how John Calvin Coolidge, the only President born on the 4th of July, evolved from a shy Vermonter into a reticent Massachusetts politician who rode "The Coolidge Luck" up the political ladder all the way to the White House.
Coolidge's parents were a hardworking Puritan couple who instilled values such as self-control into Calvin at a young age.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/0516013629/ref=nosim/broughsbooks   (842 words)

  
 John Calvin Coolidge
His use of the state militia to end the Boston police strike in 1919 won him a somewhat undeserved reputation for decisive action and brought him the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 1920.
After Harding's death Coolidge handled the Washington scandals with care and finally managed to save the Republican Party from public blame for the widespread corruption.
In 1924, Coolidge was elected without difficulty, defeating the Democrat, John W. Davis, and Robert M. La Follette running on the Progressive ticket.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0760614.html   (273 words)

  
 Dive the SS President Coolidge and the wrecks and coral reefs of Southeastern Santo at Bokissa island resort, ...
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Dive the SS President Coolidge, and the wrecks and coral reefs of southeastern Santo
The SS President Coolidge was a luxury liner converted for troop transport.
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 President Calvin Coolidge: Health & Medical History
Coolidge's 16 year old son Calvin died of sepsis (a bacterial infection) on July 7th, 1924.
Some believe that Coolidge's whole presidency changed after the death of his son.
Coolidge dropped the use of his first name (John) in his 20s.
www.doctorzebra.com /prez/g30.htm   (379 words)

  
 The WorldWide Rita Coolidge Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Now the most expansive retrospective of her career, the two-CD Delta Lady: The Rita Coolidge Anthology (Hip-O Records), released February 10, 2004, spans three decades of classic tracks, hits and rarities from one of music's most admired singers.
Today, Coolidge, who was one of the original veejays on VH1, continues to prove to be one of the most versatile female singers of the rock generation as she performs both in sophisticated cabarets and in the Native American trio Walela.
They are Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Coolidge, and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield.
www.ritacoolidge.com /main.asp   (517 words)

  
 Coolidge, GA News
Local news for Coolidge, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
Coolidge's "Wagon Days" festival kicks off at 9:00 in the morning at the park on Zoe Street on Saturday.
BERLIN a ' The City of Berlin did not have anyone qualify for a vacated council seat during a special qualifying period and is now holding write-in qualifying.
www.topix.net /city/coolidge-ga   (523 words)

  
 Republican party -> McKinley through Coolidge on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When, in 1896, the Democratic party was captured by the radicals under William Jennings Bryan, its presidential candidate in 1896, 1900, and 1908, the Republican party became openly the champion of the gold standard and conservative economic doctrines.
By straddling the issue of the League of Nations and calling for a return to “normalcy,” the party easily elected Warren G. Harding in 1920.
His administration rivaled Grant's for corruption, but after Harding died in office, his successor, Calvin Coolidge, was returned over John W. Davis and La Follette.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/RepublcnP_McKinleythroughCoolidge.asp   (804 words)

  
 The Coolidge Experience
President Coolidge was not the most exciting president in our nation's history.
He might not have been the greatest nor is he well-known in our nation's history, but he is a man of integrity that we shall all be proud of and we should all be grateful for his duty in the Oval Office.
If you would like to learn about President Coolidge's life click on a button on the left corresponding to which part of his life you would like to learn about.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/4921   (304 words)

  
 Internet Public Library: POTUS
Calvin Coolidge -- from The Presidents of the United States of America
From the January 1996 issue of Yankee Magazine, this biography focuses on Coolidge's character.
From a 1920 Fourth of July speech delivered before he was nominated to run for Vice President.
www.ipl.org /div/potus/ccoolidge.html   (222 words)

  
 Coolidge
Children of Jonathan and Martha COOLIDGE: Martha did not marry; Rebecca married Peter SPOONER; Mary; Jonathan married Ruth HOLLAND; John married Mary; Joseph probably did not marry; and Josiah died young.
Children of Jonathan and Mercy COOLIDGE: Annable married Thomas HARBACH; Abigail married Oakes ANGIER; Adam died in infancy; Eunice; Seth died in infancy; and Hannah married Richard COOLIDGE (bap.
Children of Elisha and Sarah COOLIDGE: Catherine; Sarah; Permelia; Jonathan; Judith; John; Elizabeth; Elisha; Relief; Lucy; and Flavel married Nancy WILDES.
kinnexions.com /smlawson/coolidge.htm   (1679 words)

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