Word: ets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...people of Oklahoma, the third youngest State,* are still green in the ways of dignified government. Last week, for the second time in six years, they removed their Governor. This time it was Henry Simpson Johnston, impeached and convicted by the State Legislature for "general incompetence" (TIME, Jan. 28 et ante). Lieut. Gov. William J. Holloway, taking the oath as the new Governor, invoked "the blessings and guidance of Almighty God" to assist him. Citizens of the older States sympathized with his sentiments. The charge of "general incompetence" seemed as much of a commentary on the people...
...Morale et l'Art apropos de Balzac", Professor Allard, Emerson...
What Mr. Mellon's purpose was in this (for him) extraordinary remark, remained a mystery. Perhaps he wanted to let Senators McKellar, Couzens et al. know, in a delicate way, that the Secretary of the Treasury was still quite sure of himself. Or, perhaps again, he wanted to bolster the Federal Reserve Board's campaign against stock speculation loans. Or, perhaps a third time, there was a connection between the statement and the condition of U. S. Government bonds. The Treasury's quarterly financing of March 15 had been barely oversubscribed despite an interest rate...
...years ago, as Finance Minister, he won world fame by ''saving'' (stabilizing) the Belgian franc (TIME, Nov. 8, 1926). For the past month he has represented Belgium on the Second Dawes Committee which is striving at Paris to revise the Dawes Plan (TIME, Feb. 18, et seq.). Last week a news leak from the secret Committee sessions revealed that of all the Allied delegates only M. Francqui has roughly baited and tried out cross-examination methods on Germany's correct and stiff-necked "Iron Man." famed Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Chief German Delegate and Governor...
...failed to prove that Sir Joseph's opinionizing had spoiled the sale of a Kang Hsi vase to the late, great collector Henry Clay Frick. In 1921 Mrs. Harry Hahn of Kansas City brought a suit which only last fortnight came to a bootless halt (TIME, Feb. 18 et seq.). In 1923 suit was brought by the late Art Dealer George Joseph Demotte of Manhattan, which ceased when Mr. Demotte was accidentally shot to death while hunting in France...