Word: designer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alexander P. ("Sasha") de Seversky, Russian flyer who lost a leg in the War when his own plane's bombs exploded, flew a ship of his own design for a world record of 180.3 m.p.h. for amphibions. (No previous record existed...
...John Coney, the famous Colonial silversmith, made another, remarkable for its simplicity and dignity, which was used until 1812. At this time a simple reproduction was made. Josiah Quincy, President of the College from 1836 to 1846, and historian of the bicentennial in 1836 next essayed a most elaborate design, but his successor restored the older design. No change was then made until 1885 produced the Appleton design, which remains to the present...
...program of the present government in Cuba is aimed to make the country economically and consequently politically independent," declared Clarence H. Haring, professor of Latin-American History and Economics, in an interview yesterday. "While comprehending constitutional reforms, it is primarily concerened with the nationalistic design of minimizing the power of foreign capitalists, and of increasing the number of small estates a move of fundamental importance. The announced intention is to do this by fair indemnity rather than by confiscation, but there have been rumours that the students behind the government have recently been encouraging the communistic elements in the laboring...
Some two thousand years age Alexander the Great, having conquered a substantial portion of the world, became big with pride and longed to be delivered of one of his ambitions. He was master of Egypt, and after the fashion of kings, he formed a design to leave behind him a monument forever fixed with his name. Alexander's fancy was of an extremely practical sort, and his project was to found a great city, to bear his name, to keep fresh his memory through the ages, and to pay tribute. The monarch summoned the best architects available, chose a site...
...excellent, accurate and extremely useful weather forecast for all Southern Germany and Austria. Bottles filled with Nazi leaflets no longer came down the Danube (TIME, Sept. 18), but Austrian Nazis have discovered a new game. With a nail, hammer and patience it is possible to change the geometric design on Austrian five and two groschen copper pieces to a swastika. The Treasury announced that these mutilated coins would not be accepted as legal tender. Most amusing was the Battle of the Bands. On the frontier near Innsbruck stands a great mountain, the Zugspitze. Up the Bavarian side clambered a sweating...