Word: agenting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more than one Secretary, now employs several, which is simply in line with the general growth. Perhaps 'Secretary to the University for Information' is a euphemism, as much as any of the other indulgences Harvard permits herself. But no one is fooled by such a name, for a press agent. And the position which it inaccurately portrays is highly important...
According to a report made by S. Parker Gilbert, Agent General of Reparations, the Experts' Plan to enable Germany to pay her War bills is working...
Explaining the recent expulsion of the Greek patriarch from Turkey, M. Moukbil said that the patriarch was used by the Greeks not only as a spy but also as an active agent. M. Moukbil stated that, contrary to the common supposition, this patriarch was not a Turkish subject, saying that he was born in Greece and that he did not come into Turkey until after fifteen years...
...this point, a pertinent remark was interjected into the hubbub by S. Parker Gilbert, Agent General of Reparations. Said the young genius: "It is too early. It need not have been debated for a couple of years yet. We shall have to wait and see how the money comes in and how much France gets from Germany...
This year, reported one agent located at Plympton and Bow Streets, there has been a marked decrease in the demand for notes, even just before mid-year examinations, when the season usually is at its highest. Another dealer piteously complained that the students did not appreciate what she had been doing for them. Another said that he was afraid of being involved in copyright procedings, and therefore had given up a none too lucrative trade. These causes chiefly have induced publishers of notes other than translations to leave Cambridge...