Word: designate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there came from Washington the report of a new attempt about to be made, but in a more novel form. It was represented that Treasury officials have "virtually decided" to mint a new coin, a gold-and-silver dollar. It would be slightly larger than a quarter, of distinctive design, possibly with a gold centre and a silver rim. Banks and merchants are said to have indicated that such a coin would be acceptable, and it would save much Government time and money...
...Fine Arts Building, a substantial permanent structure, some 50 paintings by U. S. artists will be displayed under the auspices of the National Academy of Design (Manhattan). And a vast collection of exhibits has been sent out by the Victoria and Albert Museum, together with replicas of the chief treasures of the British Museum. Canada, Australia, and the Fiji Islands have also sent exhibits. Likewise a collection of early Roman vases, discovered in Britain, will be on display...
Arabesque. Norman-Bel Geddes is the unchallenged genius of scenic design in this country. It was he who designed The Miracle. He has, strangely enough, an urge to direct rather than design exclusively. He directed Eva Le Gallienne in a play by Mercedes d'Acosta about "Jehanne" d'Arc in Paris last summer, and set back by a couple of decades the never too robust artistic reputation of America in the eyes of the French...
When advertising was very young, nearly every advertisement envisaged a direct, immediate sale. The prospect was urged to remove his pimples at once. Now it is otherwise. Advertising is primarily engaged in influencing public opinion, slowly, subtly. And in this way advertising has become a tool of all human design...
...architect. Secretary of State Kellogg, Will Hays, James R. Garfield, Lawrence Abbott, Elon H. Hooker, Arthur W. Page, Mark Sullivan, Charles D. Walcott, Irwin Kirkwood, Frederick C. Hicks, Hermann Hagedorn, were present at the meeting of the committee. The distinction was the choosing of Architect Pope's design for the proposed Roosevelt Memorial. The Association has appropriated $1,000,000 to build it. The design has yet to be approved by Congress...