Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French Government and the city of Paris became aware of the situation and donated to the University of Paris a tract of land opposite the Pare Montsouris, close to the Porte d'Orleans. Sites in this tract were free and 15 foreign countries quickly accepted invitations to build dormitories to lodge their Paris students. There is, however, no U. S. dormitory; nor will there be until the important committee to which Banker Baruch made his donation gets enough money...
...Henry Ford, president of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association, advised farmers' wives last week to build attractive roadside markets and sell produce to passing motorists. Speaking of a market of her own, she said: "The bright colors of the vegetables and fruit against the clean white background made it more easy to attract...
...China last week, callow Nationalist officials prattled of grandiose schemes. Most pompous was that of Wang Peh-chun, Minister of Communications. With his department $700,000,000 in debt, he propounded a "General Plan on Communications." He would spend $10,000,000 developing long distance telephone service; would build 77 radio stations. He thought $150,000 would build the radio stations, $1,000,000 operate them. More magnificent in plans, he proposed to build 60 locomotives, 150 passenger coaches, 1,300 freight cars. He would establish flying routes between Peking and half a dozen other major cities...
...pictures (his own mostly) "directly to the people." New U. S. friends organized for him the Roerich Museum to hold his swift paintings. That museum now has about 750 of his 3,000 works. Other productions are in the Louvre, Luxembourg, Victoria & Albert museums. Finally moneyed friends started to build him a 24-story skyscraper on Riverside Drive. It will be completed next July. On lower floors are picture galleries, an auditorium, two libraries of U. S. and Asian art and philosophy, studios, classrooms, conference rooms. The 20 upper floors are to be rented for studios and apartments. Topping...
...wagons start out on their 400-mile trek to the nearest railroad at Corinne, Utah, laughed aloud. "There go Clark's rocks," they jeered. And they were 98.37% right. Only 1.63% of the gray copper ore can be reduced to valuable metal. But it was enough to build the little man a $100,000,000 fortune...