Word: directionable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The U. S. Weather Bureau began functioning last week to protect flying all the way across the continent. In a 400-mi. wide strip from Los Angeles to San Francisco to New York, 60 weather reporting stations have been organized. Day and night they report local meteorological conditions to collecting...
William Tatem Tilden II, 36, was defeated last week. Four games he won in the first set, only one in the second. In the third Henri Cochet was leading him 5-1. Suddenly, for a moment, returned the Tilden touch. His serves streaked into the court, changed direction when they...
Sale of Bamberger's to Macy's (the price was not announced) resulted largely from Louis Bamberger's desire to retire from active direction of his business. Said he: "I am getting old [74] and want to be relieved of active management of the business which I founded. It is...
One morning last week the telephone jangled in the office of Idaho's Senator William Edgar Borah. The British Embassy was calling. Could Senator Borah see the British Ambassador? Yes-the next day. Punctual for his appointments. Sir Esme Howard arrived at the Senate Office building, found his way...
The Constant Nymph (British). This silent adaptation of Margaret Kennedy's novel has faults which no U. S. producer would have allowed. The lighting is bad; the direction is prosaic; the photography is dull except for some fine shots of the Austrian Tyrol; the actors are obviously actors; the subtitles...