Word: america
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...France did not stop with the post-impressionists, the present day tendencies are represented by the work of Matisse, Picasso, Gromaire, Villon, and Braque. The exhibition is the largest of its kind shown in America up to the present time, and an interested public now has an opportunity to trace the complicated development of the nineteenth century. In this period new creative forces were stirring--new ideals arose which sought expression in new forms. The age was weary of revivals, always a sign of creative weakness. It had had enough of academic rules and formulae long since outworn...
...both proceeding from the same cocoa bean; the entire chocolate-bar business is also a portion of the cocoa industry. The value of the cakes of chocolate made in a year is about three times the value of the cups of cocoa. The bean was originally grown in South America, was transplanted to Africa some 35 years ago. Now the African Gold Coast produces more than half the world's supply. Sweet-loving U. S. citizens import approximately one-third of the world-production...
Radio Corp. Dealing in those luxuries of life which U. S. standards of living have made almost necessities, Radio Corp. of America reported approximately an even 100 million dollars of gross earnings. Net income was $22,802,000, almost twice its 1927 figure of $11,799,650. Radio Corp. earned $11.80 a share (on shares outstanding at end of 1928). As its stock had a 1928 high of 420, it was selling up to approximately 35 times earnings, thus demonstrating that a market leader pays little attention to "times earnings" standards...
Celanese Corporation of America, (5,000,000 pounds of rayon in 1928) net, $2,356,976. Previous year...
PAUL BLOCK, Publisher of metropolitan newspapers: "America has lost one of its most brilliant publishers and writers-one who accomplished in a few years what many publishers have tried to do in many years. I am so deeply shocked at the loss of this fine outstanding man and publisher that I am not able to express my feelings...