Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...international loan of $200,000,000 to ensure the successful establishment of the gold bank and to cover internal payments on account of reparations for the financial year...
...although he was carefully trained in technique. Besnard is President of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and Director of the Ecole Française in Rome. He has decorated many important Parisian buildings, notably the Hotel de Ville and the Théâtre Française. His activities cover also portraiture, and life in France and India. Doubtless ,the best of Besnard's work is being saved for the Pittsburgh show, but the present exhibitions are proof of his right to fame. Such canvasses as Sous des Saules (two women robing under willows) and Le Bain Romain show...
...loan had been too severe. Inquiries in Manhattan showed, however, that the well-known medical firm at No. 23 Wall St., Manhattan, had saved the day. Reports originating from the French Ministry of Finance stated that the franc recovered when there was a rush of buyers to cover a shortage, following the operation of one bank, Lazard Frères, in throwing ?3,000,000 on the Paris Bourse in one day. But the psychological effect of Morgan's thundering loan was decisive. It was never expected that the full sum would be used. A large portion...
...ancient building, over 125 years old, stands in need of repairs and fireproofing. Built between 1792 and 1799, it was gutted by fire in 1814 by British soldiers under Sir Robert Ross. Only the walls were left standing. The interior was rebuilt, and to cover the smoke stains on the walls of Virginia freestone, it was painted white. Hence its name-the White House. To prevent another fire, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, Army engineer in charge of public buildings, has prepared plans for fireproofing the White House, now said to be a fire trap. The cost would...
...Medical School Alumni Association has begun a campaign to make a dormitory possible and this gift, which comes from the trustees of the Francis Estate, will mark the first step in the campaign. Subscriptions to cover the cost of the building are being raised and the plans for the construction are already begun...