Word: director
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...England's famed Great Eastern Railroad needed a new president, desired to incorporate U. S. railroading methods, picked Superintendent Thornton for the job. Then came the War and with it new responsibilities, new titles for Mr. Thornton. He was Deputy Director of Waterways and Docks, Assistant Director General of Movements and Railways, Inspector General of Transportation. In 1916 he gave up his U. S. citizenship, became a British subject; in 1919 was made Sir Henry Thornton, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1922 he came to Canada; took over direction of the woebegone Canadian National...
...marriage, the insults of the Chief of the Bureau of Morals, in whose kitchen she works, but she is a meek one-until the last, that is. Although he has told his story too carefully, perhaps, and dedicated it too consciously to the majesty of suffering, Josef von Sternberg, director of Underworld, often gives this unusual picture the Spartan, grand effect he tries for. Best shot: Austrian officer brushing his hair before he shoots himself...
...Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, will leave Cambridge today for a week's tour of the Middle West, where he will visit various schools and Harvard Clubs. St. Paul, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Syracuse are included in the itinerary before Mr. Bingham returns to Cambridge on February...
...calls for talks at the Harvard Clubs of St. Paul and Minnesota, a visit to the University of Minnesota, and speeches at the Blake School, St. Paul Academy, and the St. Paul Central High School. The Harvard Clubs of Kansas City and of St. Louis will entertain the Athletic Director on successive days, while attendance at a meeting in Syracuse of Harvard men will conclude the trip...
...What", exclaimed the Professor, "you never saw the famous Harvard Observatory, only a few blocks away from the College yard? You never heard of Professor Pickering, its distinguished Director these many years...