Word: better
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suave and eloquent General Manager (Colonel) Frank Knox of the Hearst papers, largest U. S. chain. Speaking on the question, "Is the chain a menace to American journalism?" he protested: "No, quite the contrary." Said he: "Group newspapers have been gradually brought about by the demand for more, better and more varied newspaper content, a more complete coverage of the news and quicker distribution. . . . They have been in existence many years, and I do not believe the newspapers of the country, chained or unchained, ever had better editors than today, were ever edited more intelligently, conscientiously than now." ¶ Executive...
...Japanese delegation when things looked blackest last week, "I am deeply sorry for our chairman. Mr. Young has done everything a man could possibly do to make for success. It is a shame that his wonderful work should be branded with defeat. He deserved something far, far better!" Allied Bulls Baited. The offer made by Dr. Schacht, which seemed to brand FAILURE upon all concerned last week, was in fact a pair of alternatives. The Allies could take their choice, and in either case they would get 15 billion dollars over 37 years. The first offer (which so enraged...
...left Moscow, prying Soviet correspondents queried the bridegroom as to what sort of reception he expected to get on returning to Chile. "I fear that my marriage is likely to go unrecognized there," he smiled. "But I happen to live and practice law in Peru. It makes me feel better to have my union with Martha regarded as legal by at least one Great Power...
...airports for various services. Lack of ports, like lack of trained flyers, is hampering the U. S. air industry. Flyers consider Croydon, near London, and the Tempelhof, near Berlin, at present the best equipped fields in the world. German flyers say Croydon as it was this past year was better than Tempelhof; British flyers call Tempelhof better than Croydon. Croydon's chief merit is that planes have a 1,400-yd runway in any direction. Practically all the field is grass-covered. That permits comfortable landings and takeoffs, except in rainy weather. Then the planes tear...
...European cities take care of their people. The large parks, the wide boulevards, the sidewalk cafes! Say, it's nice to sit in a cafe and have something. If Prohibition hadn't interfered, California would be the greatest grape-growing region in the world, making better wines than France, and we'd have cafes with little tables...