Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether or not the President's naval disarmament plan was aimed at the three cruisers is another question. "Big Navy" men in Congress insisted that the U. S. could go ahead and build these ships without any fear of having them scrapped, because the U. S. was already far behind Great Britain and Japan in cruiser strength.- The appropriation to start construction of these three cruisers had already passed the Senate (TIME, Feb. 14) after being rejected in the House; had gone to conference. Before the President's proposal last week, it seemed certain that the House would...
...enforce Prohibition and all the other laws. If I were President, my first official act would be to jail Nicholas Murray Butler. Murray is, of course, just one of those who are preaching sedition with their talk of repealing the 18th Amendment. If I were President, I'd build a brand new Federal penitentiary,* if necessary, to contain all those traitors, and I'd build one large wing just for the Columbia professors. It would have plenty of room for the faculty of Union Theological Seminary...
...diffuse" knowledge, Joseph Henry published reports and memoirs for people who had investigated this and that. He exchanged these publications for similar literature published abroad. He persuaded the Library of Congress to care for all the pamphlets, manuscripts and books he thus accumulated. Similarly he persuaded Congress to build a national museum to house all the specimens of the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms that poured in upon...
...build a community house and library, the members of the Women's Club of Hagerman, N. M., have issued and are selling a cookbook. Various writer-men* have contributed remarks. Most of the recipes, evolved by women, are dependable. The First Lady explains as follows a coffee souffle which the President allegedly enjoys: "Mix one and one-half cups coffee, one tablespoon gelatine, one-third cup granulated sugar and-one-half cup milk. "Heat in a double boiler, add yolks of three eggs slightly beaten and mix with one-third cup granulated sugar and one-fourth teaspoon salt. Cook...
Another accomplishment of Mr. Cutting's, and from the medical aspect far more important, has been his City & Suburban Homes Co. He is its chairman, and for 30 years has been using its funds to build sanitary tenements that could be rented at low sums. His method of doing this is very simple. He gets his building money from rich men, who are more than glad to get 5% certain earnings on their investments. With this cheap construction money he puts up apartments that rent, on the average, for $2.53 a room a week. In the latest buildings each...