Word: americans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fagan was here during the American occupation, he might be able to write something about the assassination of the 3,000 natives by the American soldiers in less than two years; this will be of interest to many American citizens residing in this country who never have been able to understand such a slaughter...
...ahead of Ohio there is no comparison. . . . The hours may be long and the pay small but [the textile industry] is a most highly competitive industry. There must be a profit in any industry or it will cease to exist. . . . Unionization is not the universal and complete panacea the American Federation of Labor would have you believe. Anyway, the unions aren't as strong as they used to be. . . . If the Southern textile owners and operators tie up with the labor unions, then they will see the textile industry move elsewhere, as it already moved once...
Humiliation. Said Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz, flying wife of Tiffany & Co.'s vice president: "It is humiliating to admit that at present there seems to be no American girl who can successfully compete with certain distinguished foreign women in flying." In her thought were Lady Mary Bailey, 39, who has shuttled alone between London and Cape Town and Mary du Cauroy, Duchess of Bedford, 63, who last fortnight flew from England to India and back in seven and one-half days...
...French literature, sleight-of-hand, farm implements, music. He earned money by the last three. Real success came with his play, The Spider, a Broadway smash in 1927, now playing in Budapest and Paris. His somewhat spiritualized view of Adah Menken is partly explained by his membership in the American Society for Psychic Research...
...leader among businessmen of the world. Last week at the Harvard Business School more than 200 students, from 27 states and three foreign countries, chose Owen D. Young, board chairman of General Electric Co. and Radio Corp. of America, chairman of the second Reparations Conference, as "the one outstanding American businessman...