Word: conferred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...King George II of Greece, who has been staying in London for some days in a private capacity, King George VI was graciously pleased to confer membership in Britain's oldest chivalric order, the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Meanwhile another royal visitor. King Carol II of Rumania, accompanied by his 17-year-old son. Crown Prince Mihai, was scheduled to arrive this week in London for a four-day State visit. Following this the royal guests may spend another week on their own in England and Scotland...
...resolution ordered the Chief of Police "to confer with the proper authorities at the various local institutions attended by students operating out-of-state cars with a view to having them cooperate with the local police department in an effort to list such automobiles with their owners, operators, registration and length of time they expect to be in the city...
...practical business world. To this end it has an established program, the principal instruments of which are the informal week-end discussion groups which have met during the past few years. To these industrial house-parties come the invited representatives of prominent firms, who meet together to confer on some large industrial problem. They listen to the views of Harvard professors and other business experts on the latest developments in commerce and production, hear the philosophies and arguments of opposing sides in current business controversies. They discuss and debate among themselves, attempting to formulate their own opinions. They take time...
...four-year average of 92½%, Hunter Roy and the prospering Greenlaw farm were models for miles around. Last week the Future Farmers of America, of which Hunter is one of 173,000 members, convened in Kansas City, Mo. under the auspices of the Kansas City Star to confer their coveted honor of Star Farmer, which carries a $500 prize. "I sure would like to win that," said Hunter, who did not think he would because last year's Star Farmer, Robert Lee Bristow, now assistant manager of a farmer's cooperative, hailed from a nearby Virginia county...
Next experiments will probably test the power of Dr. Wyckoff's chick vaccine to confer immunity on human beings. Further research may also determine whether some equine virus is responsible for a large proportion of human encephalitis...