Word: audition
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...orbit of the conference was understood to have been another factor unacceptable to the U. S. Government. President Coolidge ("the taciturn") described the conference as restricted by the French as " wholly futile and useless." Secretary Hughes said that an inquiry under such terms would be reduced to a mere "audit." Although the door was left open to France in case Premier Poincaré withdrew from his position, such an eventuality was considered extremely improbable...
...Premier Lloyd-George, on his first invasion of America since his period of office, has expressed himself favorably in regard to the American attitude towards the Ruhr problem. That is, he has strongly approved Secretary Hughes' plan for a committee of expert accountants to audit Germany's books. In doing this he has voiced the general American public opinion, and has called attention to a solution which has long lain neglected...
...Reduce taxes. Reduce government expenditures. Cut out government graft. Establish budgets and audit system. Pay more attention to foreign commerce and less to foreign politics. Put the best men, not the men of so-called "best families," in government jobs...
Five years later the trio reassembles to audit the proceeds of their gamble. After going over the books for two acts the girl decides the coin spun in her favor. The odd man seeks solace with a finale flapper...
...does in many different lines of business, and placing advertising in every form of medium, has an opportunity to observe the effect of all the different types of advertising display and appeal. In addition, an advertising agency through its affiliation with the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, the Association of National Advertisers, and other similar bodies, obviously has an opportunity to absorb the most advanced advertising through and practice as expressed through these established and recognized organizations. Just as all telephone lines lead to a central office...