Word: expert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...friend named Gye who had some money. Gye liked Bullock and pretty soon Gye died. Having " faith in Bullock, he left him a legacy on the condition that he take the name of Gye. So Bullock became Gye. He studied at Edinburgh University under Dr. Bennett, a cancer expert. Then he began research. "For the last two years he hasn't had a holiday-Sundays, Christmas or any other...
Meanwhile, consolidation of small into large companies is steadily occurring, with stronger interests in control. The outlook, therefore, indicates that both production and sales of equipment will come under the management of fewer and more expert hands, with a corresponding gain in stability. The better programs problem has not yet been solved...
Count Volpi. Count Giuseppe Volpi, scion of an old Venetian family, was born some 50 years ago. As a young man, he interested himself in Levantine trade and little by little became a recognized expert on Near Eastern affairs. He was nominated as negotiator of the Italo-Turkish peace treaty which ended the war of 1911-12. In 1922, Premier Giolitti appointed him Governor of the colony of Tripoli, where he did invaluable work in modernizing the port of Tripoli town. When Fascism appeared, he wholeheartedly embraced it and became one of Mussolini's faithful henchmen...
That music-what was it? In the dank fastnesses of the jungle along the banks of the Rio Parima, towards whose source the white men were hacking their way,, stirred unearthly strains. "Debbils," groaned the natives. "Station KDKA, Pittsburgh," chortled the expedition's justly proud radio expert, John Swanson. A deep, pontifical voice broke the hot silence. "That," explained the man with the ear phones, "is Judge Elbert H. Gary, of the U. S. Steel Corporation...
...desirable. The chief wear on bills is from crumpling them up in pockets and wallets. Very few carry big wallets that will take bills flat. Women wad and jam them into their tiny purses. Most men and boys merely stuff them in pockets where they are quickly worn out. Expert studies for 50 years have proved that cards or slips can be handled much faster if about the standard international card catalog size; 7.5 x 12.5 cm. (just under 3x5 inches). We all know what a nuisance are the bedquilt Bank of England notes. Our the smaller bed-size...