Word: biddings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speech of welcome by M. Painlevé, M. Caillaux stood up to orate. What was he to say? He was expected by some to sound the death-knell of Premier Herriot's Ministry. He was expected by others to formulate a new national policy. At least he would make a bid for power. But it would be a difficult business. M. Caillaux's party is in power and he could hardly attack his own party. What was he to do? What could...
...only conceivable argument for identifying cheer leaders with major sprot captains rests on the grounds of dignity, so let us bid adieu to the old system with the most approved form of dignified cheer and usher in the new with a trial of its effects on the scores before any opinions are passed. Philip Walker...
...Vadis. Italy herewith put in a bid for cinema consideration. To assist their bid, they hired Emil Jannings, the most distinguished picture actor on the Continent, and used Rome for background. Jannings played Nero. Characteristically, his performance was intelligent and distinctive. He gave the Emperor a judicious mixture of viciousness and humor. Otherwise, the film was inconspicuous. There were a great many actors and a good deal of scenery, but the swift smoothness of Hollywood was lacking...
...Manhattan, an audience assembled to bid farewell to Igor Stravinsky, famed Russian composer, to greet Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor. Mengelberg, having ended his season last year with Tschaikowsky's 1812 Overture and the Nutcracker Suite, began his new season with the same pieces in the manner of a man who, interrupted, sternly repeats himself. The overture which Tschaikowsky composed to celebrate the repulse of the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, scoring it for such instrumental auxiliaries as a brass band, church bells, cannon shot and the like, was rousingly rendered by the New York Philharmonic. At the climax, a brass...
...reached in 1920, but they have nevertheless climbed within reaching distance of it. The last reported sale of a seat on the "Big Board" was for $108,000-an advance of $5,000 over the previous sale. Moreover, it is said that $110,000 has been subsequently bid for a Stock Exchange seat in vain...