Word: berlins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ambassadorship to Germany Mr. Houghton achieved a notable reputation for discretion and even for a certain taciturnity. He knows the political ropes well, having been twice a Congressman and twice a presidential elector. As a Harvard man with an added background of post graduate work at Paris, Berlin and Gottingen, he is no blundering shirtsleeved unsophisticate. Therefore considerable interest was aroused by a rumor that his speech to the press was made at the direct instigation of the President...
...Secretariat will shortly rise upon the Bartholoni property and on adjacent lots. Sir Eric's good humor vanished as he settled down to the vast batch of despatches which are his perennial due. Ominous developments concerning the League were occurring at London (see COMMONWEALTH, "Chamberlain Grilled"), at Berlin (see GERMANY, "Tirpitz Roused"), at Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, "Houghton Stumbles...
Despite the announcement of "National Beer Week" at Berlin, it appears that a state of overproduction exists in the German alcoholic beverage industry. The 600,000 workers who toil to produce and distribute German beer, and the countless peasants who tend German vines, were informed last week through numerous propaganda agencies that only the most determined imbibing can remedy the situation...
...born at Bergen, Norway, in 1892; educated there and in London and Berlin ; in Russian hospital service 1917-19, prisoner of war. In 1923-24 he was interne in infectious diseases at Sydenham Hospital. Baltimore, and later went on the staff of Johns Hopkins. In 1925 he went to Rochester University...
...notebook was edited in 1896 by Professor Brandl of Berlin but the text as given was very inaccurate and many of the most important items were left unidentified. The text needs a thorough reediting and there is still much to be done in the way of identifying the references...