Word: bringing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with a high degree of satisfaction that I, with many another Stanfordite, read of Secretary-President Wilbur's work in TIME, Dec. 9. Can one statement in particular, ". . . bring to his job an attitude of mind different from the general run of office holders," be considered as TIME'S apology for calling Secretary Wilbur President Hoover's "prime 'yes' man" (TIME, March...
...maintained.But in England poor trade conditions coupled with belief that the Labor government is financially incompetent, seem to indicate the culmination of the long established drift of the London market away from its position as world's leader. "Home Rails," long considered a prime investment, have seen the cycle bring Depression, as have Industrials. British Consols, once the "world's safest security" have depreciated with high interest rates. Last week's lowering of the Bank of England's discount rate to 5% and the shipment of $21,000,000 gold from New York were bullish items on the London market...
Already entrenched on the Pacific Coast through Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.'s plants in San Francisco, Alameda and Los Angeles, the purchase will bring Bethlehem into closer competition with its five-times greater rival, U. S. Steel. Open to the competitors lie not only the rich Pacific Coast but the Far East...
General Crack (Warner). A fairly successful effort has been made to bring speed and glitter to this costume romance. It has all been expertly tailored for John Barrymore's profile, for his bark, his meditative scowl, his glance of an amorous lion, his strides in high, patent-leather boots. On a white charger he leads his mercenaries into battle and pushes back with long, stiffened fingers the cloaks attached to various 18th Century uniforms. He is a soldier of fortune who earns his living fighting wars for popinjay princes and who takes a dislike to his current employer because...
...Presumption was that Nelson was forced down by ice forming on the wings of his plane. Wing ice changes the air foil to such an extent that the wing no longer exerts a lifting power in forward motion. This trouble and decreased visibility due to fog or snow will bring down the best of pilots. The airmail route between Cleveland and New York is considered the worst in the country, with few landing fields, rugged and forest-covered terrain...