Word: expert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...State Department. Next day both came back confirmed. Thus did Secretary of State Hull escape from a quandary, for Sumner Welles, a dapper, twice-married 44, and "Judge" Moore, a hardheaded, bachelor 78, both Assistant Secretaries, had virtually deadlocked in their claims for promotion. Mr. Welles, an expert on Latin American affairs, a career diplomat of 22 years' standing, had set his heart on becoming Under Secretary. "Judge" Moore (whose title was conferred upon him conversationally by his colleagues during the twelve years he served Virginia in the House of Representatives) has been with the State Department only since...
...cash value and permits the policyholder to arrange his saving and investment program to suit himself. But good term contracts are hard to find because the life companies do not like to sell them, and Messrs. Gilbert & Sullivan warn all policyholders to leave their insurance alone unless they have expert, unbiased advice...
...week after the fire officials chugged down New York Bay to meet the Europa, bringing sad-eyed Dr. Hugo Eckener to help the investigation. Saying little, the world's No. 1 airship expert poked about the twisted girders of his greatest zeppelin, talked to survivors, watched the newsreels for the first time, took an active part in the inquiry...
...landmark as the drawings of Charles Dana Gibson, still publishes skittish poems, but has in recent years tried more serious verse. Death and General Putnam-and 101 Other Poems (1935), his literary high, was boosted by many readers for a Pulitzer Prize. He is an expert on New York history, rich enough to winter in Florida, summer in Vermont...
Originally known as Dawson's Trading Post, the supermarket developed a $2,500,000 annual business but brought no returns to the Brothers Bristol. Founder Dawson was ousted last year, some $800 was spent obliterating his name from the market, and a young merchandising expert from Marshall Field & Co. named Harper Sowles was installed as president...