Word: chiefed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...return to parliamentary government. It altered the entire map of Jugoslavia by dividing the country into nine Banats or states, each Banat governed by a Banus appointed by the King. Historic names like Croatia and Montenegro went by the board, the new Banats being named for Jugoslavia's chief rivers...
...chief of the sacred treasures of Japan is the mirror which contains the spirit of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, ancestress of H. I. M. The Emperor of Japan. Of such superlative sanctity is Amaterasu's mirror that for centuries no human eye has ever actually seen it. Rumored to be a round plate of polished metal, it rests in an elaborate tabernacle, shrouded in a cover of white brocade. When the brocade wears out a new cover is slipped over the old-no priest would dare peek...
...melodrama at the old Philadelphia Museum (1877). He has since appeared in 325 plays, directing 33 of them. He was leading man for Mme. Modjeska (see p. 44), once supported Edwin Booth. His daughter, Cornelia Otis Skinner, is a famed monologist. One of Actor Skinner's chief rivals in the impersonation of old men is his friend George Arliss (see p. 69). Famed Skinner roles: Richelieu, The Harvester, The Honor of the Family, Kismet...
...year Cuba Cane has stumbled on, always seeming on the verge of either collapse or sudden success. But coming on Jan. 1, 1930, is an obstacle no company in poor shape could meet-the maturity of $25,000,000 debentures. To surmount this obligation, a complete reorganization was planned, chief feature of which is that present debenture holders will receive new debentures plus a bonus of common stock in the new company. Last week, after 84% of the debenture-holders and 80% of the stockholders approved the plan, Cuba Cane asked for a receiver as first step toward reorganization...
...members of the New York Infirmary for Women & Children raised a vigorous clamor last spring when their institution seemed about to be dissolved. Last week they were cheering, for friends were raising them $3,000,000 to build a 21-story hospital. President of their board of trustees and chief of the money-gathering squadrons is Mrs. Frank Arthur Vanderlip, wife of the onetime (1909-19) president of the National City Bank, since last month the world's largest. They have six children...