Word: births
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ford & Chevrolet. Birth-pangs of Model A, obsequies of Model T, last year forced Ford into second position in units produced, Chevrolet taking the lead. With the new models in volume production, however (1,359,353 new-model cars and trucks have been produced), Ford has regained its lead. In March, Ford built 181,894 cars and trucks, compared to Chevrolet...
...made imperative the selection of a new king. Since the queen was with child, and since the astrologers said that it was a boy, the crown was carried in and placed upon the queen above the supposed location of the unborn infant's head. In this respect the birth of Alphonso must have been a much less regal event...
...Californian by birth, a Frenchman by education, a cosmopolite by diplomatic service, Mr. Gibson was last week the guest of President Hoover at the White House. For six months after the war he was on duty with Mr. Hoover in European relief work...
...Corp. of America and Western Union Telegraph Co. Presidents of both companies have admitted "conversations." denied merger plans. Last week it became apparent that at least one current merger denial was supported by the facts. Abruptly, R.C.A. threw down the gage of battle to Western Union and announced the birth of R.C.A. Communications, Inc., to compete directly with U.S. telegraph companies...
...questionnaire contrived by some students in the departments of sociology and psychology, assisted by their professors and circulated among 500 boy students and 500 girls. The questionnaire probed boldly into questions of sex: What did students think about trial marriage, sexual relations, licit and illicit, large families, birth control, proper age for marriage? The investigators explained that "during the last several decades it has become unceasingly apparent that there is something seriously wrong with the traditional system of marriage in this country." Two hundred students had written out their answers before President Brooks and the alumni objected. The answers were...