Word: boom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...June, 1924, one Harry Newman came to Manhattan from Ohio to conduct the Cox-for-President boom. After the Convention, he besought Robert W. Woolley, who had been engaged as Publicity Director for the party, to place all the campaign advertising through him. Mr. Woolley was "sold." Thereupon Newman went to Van Patten Inc., a recognized firm of advertising agents, got a job as Vice President as reward for getting the business of the Democratic Party...
...loves Doris Patston, French flower-seller with an English accent. She is gracious, with a cool, reassuring voice, nimble limbs, modish good looks. The diligent Sigmund Romberg has drained off another resonant score to match his The Student Prince (TiME, Dec. 15). There is a military chorus to boom close harmony and rumble rifles. Florenz Ziegfeld has window-dressed the scenes far above the usual art-calendar level. The book has been only partially translated from the lumbering German. It would lose momentum but for Errol's hind legs...
...with a terrific war of control against E. H. Harrlman. It was the era of mad railroad construction when fortunes awaited the successful builder. Such success was achieved chiefly by ruinous competition; and miles of torn tracks, hundreds of crushed investors, unceasing litigation, hectic legislation, and deserted boom towns marked the Gould-Harriman tornado...
Thus far this winter, despite activity in the steel industry, no tendency toward a "boom" is manifest. Business is generally good, but business men have no intention of killing golden-egged geese, as they...
...conventions in May and June, is the war season in many churches. The Fundamentalist brethren of the Presbyterian communion looked ahead, last week, to the Assembly at Columbus, Ohio, where Fundamentalist Macartney's term as Moderator will expire and a new Moderator will be chosen. They started a boom for William L. McEwan, Pittsburgh pastor. Said Dr. Walter D. Buchanan of Manhattan...