Word: 60th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...east of us was Lawrence with his Arabs. In the ditches as we marched past lay hundreds of Londoners and Indians of the 60th Division, some with their legs in the road and their heads in the ditch, twisted into ghastly contortions, utterly exhausted, racked with malaria and dysentery. With us marched our comrades of Allenby's Desert Mounted Corps, the many regiments of Australian Light Horse, regiments of lean gaunt men from whose lives pestilence had exacted more than wounds and trench warfare...
...last March, Elisha Walker's Blair & Co. merged with Amadeo Peter Giannini's Bank of America, N. A. (TIME, April 1), the union was generally interpreted as a combination of Giannini resources with Blair & Co. personnel. When, last month (TIME, June 3), Banker Giannini announced that his 60th birthday (1870-1930) would mark his retirement, evident became Elisha Walker's position as Heir Apparent. Thus last week's amalgamation of Bank of America, N. A., with Chatham and Phenix National Bank and Trust Co. might well have been regarded as First Result of Blair & Co. influence...
...investment trust (TIME, Feb. 4). Able Elisha Walker, who will become president of Bancamerica and chairman of the executive committee of Bank of America, will doubtless be the active leader of the merged properties. But back of him will stand Mr. Giannini, now approaching his 60th year, and the billion dollar resources of Transamerica Corp., holding company for all Giannini enterprises...
...Frank B. Willis, President Coolidge sent condolences upon the death of her husband, Senator Willis (see col. 3). To Fuad I, King of Egypt, President Coolidge sent congratulations on the royal 60th birthday...
Said Frederick G. Lieb, sage baseball writer: "It is doubtful if anyone in that crowd will ever live to see another baseball player hit his 60th home run in a 154-game season. I saw Ruth hit his 59th in 1921 and never thought I would score the game in which that record would be broken...