Word: disbandment
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...Davis' hopes that, after his talk with Premier Mussolini in Rome and his numerous talks with Premier Herriot, France and Italy might adhere to the London Naval Treaty. They agreed to nothing of that sort. Also scrapped was the so-called "Davis Plan." Mr. Davis had proposed to disband the present Disarmament Conference "before Christmas" with a treaty consolidating gains thus far made, and to create a Permanent Disarmament Committee which should function down the ages. All that went glimmering. Mr. Davis, a sporting loser, raised his glass at Mr. MacDonald's luncheon to toast what...
...Washington. Commander Waters and the members of the B. E. F. after the military display of Mr. Hurley, they all decided that the best thing was to disband and go back home in peace...
...people were saying that it was the Emerys' turn and the challenge was taken up by young Mrs. John Josiah Emery, Artist Charles Dana Gibson's daughter who married old Mrs. Mary Emery's nephew. In April when the opera announced that it would have to disband, young Mrs. Emery at once started a campaign for funds, quickly raised the $20,000 necessary to see this season through...
...will be no pool to stabilize the market, then disband, but a real investment concern, buying bonds to make a profit. While A. S. I. C. was expected to concentrate on first-class bonds, all values rebounded last week on the psychology that at last firm bottom had been found. The following cross-section of the bond-market showed last week's lows and the closing prices two days after A. S. I. C.'s formation...
...Shanghai Marriage", by R. R. Harris, has been advertised as a comedy, but in reality it is a tragody for E. E. Clive, who is trying to make a comeback after having been forced to disband his Copley repertory company seventeen months ago. The audiences at the "world premiere" on Saturday night was composed mainly of old guard dowagers-with-nieces-from-the country and a smattering of Harvard students, and it was not long before they all realized the sadness of the occasion...