Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...herself, does her own marketing and has a face "that seems to have been cut out of warm marble." When Mr. Lansing was Secretary of State, every day at five o'clock she called at the private entrance of the State Department with her poodle and her electric coupé and took him for a ride. The Columbus Day conference over which she will preside will be addressed by Mary Emma Woolley, President of Mt. Holyoke College; Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover; Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, Dean...
...without good foundation, that he intends to promote the Wittelsbachs to the place in the sun left vacant by the head of the Hohenzollerns. Perhaps that is the reason why he telephoned to Berlin and assured the Government of his loyalty to the Reich. The chances of such a coup are on the face of it good. The Allies, confronted with a fait accompli, would hesitate to take any costly action against Germany; moreover, Prince Rupprecht is known to be a thoroughly trustworthy and practical man and as such is respected; he is also cousin of the Queen...
...coup de grace was administered to the New Jersey, which still remained afloat. Three 2,000-lb. bombs from 3,000-ft. altitude effectively disposed of her. One of them made a direct hit. Within six minutes she sank by the stern and the demonstration was finished...
...Pacific Treaty is more important. Its ratification brings to a close the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1911 and can be regarded as a coup de maître of U. S. diplomacy. Its greatest significance is that in the possibility of an American-Japanese war the hands of Great Britain are left untied...
Three weeks ago the baccarat syndicate, composed of two wealthy Greeks and an Armenian?Gregory Vagliano, Sographos and Condgmed-jian?lost 2,500,000 francs ($137,750.00); two weeks ago they lost 6,000,000 francs ($330,600.00); last week saw the coup de grÂce with a loss of 10,000,000 francs ($551,000.00) ; the bank was broken and the E Deauville Casino, for the first time in history, is in darkness at the height of the season. Lost ? 18,500,000 francs; produced?nothing...