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Word: brasses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summer abroad, Lewis has more than his former dose of pomposity. But be that as it may, his music is A1. If you like a good slow beat, suddenly broken up by Tiger Rag or such. Ted Lewis is the man to give it to you. Emphasis on the brass has always been uppermost, both in the band and in Lewis' personality...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/15/1928 | See Source »

...nerve, the brass, of a Republican to walk down on Long Island and talk about what their party is doing to give the people parks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Smithisms | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...permissible, therefore, to point with prosperous pride to the industry as a whole. And. as everyone knows the greatest single unit in the copper industry is the mammoth Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Chief of producers, chief (through the controlled American Brass Co.) of manufacturers, Anaconda's assets top $500,000,000. With prices mounting to profit-making levels, with an effective Copper Export Association to relate supply to demand. Anaconda looked, last week, towards record sales, record profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Anaconda's Troubles | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...your editorial in the CRIMSON yesterday entitled "Sounding Brass" you make vague and indefinite attacks on those doing what they can to remedy, or at last to palliate, the conditions in our slums. Far from giving any constructive criticism as to how this may be done, although you big-heartedly admit that the "Prevention of crime and delinquency..is the surest way of creating social stability" and that "the intelligent have shown a wordy, but not ineffective interest in these matters", you offer no adverse criticism except general mudslinging. Picking on a statement of one who is attempting to help...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/26/1928 | See Source »

Smelters. American Smelting & Refining Co. bought up Michigan Copper & Brass Co., among whose directors are William H. Pierce (chairman), George H. Allen (president), Alfred P. Sloan Jr., Walter P. Chrysler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Mergers: Oct. 22, 1928 | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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