Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dispose of its present building in the shopping district and would erect a magnificent edifice on land which Mrs. Carnegie was willing to sell. The church's rector is Henry Darlington, son of the Bishop of Harrisburg. He was at Newport and could not be reached to confirm the reported change...
Malcolm MacDonald, 22-year-old son of Premier MacDonald, recently graduated from Oxford, spoke thus in an interview at London: "You see, people like me come down from Oxford full of ideas, but they are other people's ideas. They are secondhand. I want some experience to confirm them or else to get a new set of my own. It will probably be some time before I go in for politics. In the meantime I should like to study every phase of life, and I think that can best be done as a reporter...
...confirm the powers of the Reparations Commission specifically with regard to its power to declare Germany in default...
...unconfirmed radio dispatch received by a British archeologist in Paris, and cabled to America by a Hearst correspondent: "Nepal crowd hear Everest peak reached May 16. Bruce cannot confirm." The principality of Nepal in the Himalayas adjoins Mt. Everest on the east. General Bruce, the original commander of the expedition, has been at Darjeeling convalescing from the attack of malaria which compelled him to abandon the trek...
...same period in 1921 (previously the lowest rate). Marked improvement in mortality was found in diphtheria, scarlet fever, influenza, tuberculosis, diabetes, alcoholism. Concerning a 23% drop in the mortality rate from diabetes, a bulletin of the Company said: "Each additional month helps to confirm the impression that the growing use of insulin is an important factor in bringing this about...