Word: experts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were given to understand that the jade in China came principally from Burma, India and that none was found in China but was sent there because the Chinese are expert carvery and know its worth. It was classified to us as follows: violet-tinted white, some slightly amber tint, white (pure), apple (light) green, darker shades of green, muddy (yellowish) white, etc. A common test is extreme hardness and its coldness to touch regardless of weather...
...Zealand green jade used in making their lucky "Tiki charms" and other objects is supposed to be of meteoric origin. It is rare and when found is in a buried mass. I am not an expert. This is not written in criticism...
...General Electric Co.'s tax attorney, foremost U. S. breeder of Brown Swiss cattle; from injuries inflicted by a prize bull; at his Walhalla Farm outside Schenectady, N. Y. Died. Magnus Washington Alexander, 62, president of the National Industrial Conference Board; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. An expert on industrial planning, in 1928 he called U. S. industry too sanguine. Died. Sir Horatio Gilbert Parker, 69, historical novelist (The Seats of the Mighty, The Right of Way, The Lane That Had No Turning, The Trespasser, The Power and the Glory, etc., etc.) ; after a heart attack; in London...
...final struggle. Martí was soon killed in a skirmish, but Gómez joined forces with Macéo and spread revolt over the whole island. Meantime the Junta in the U. S. had the job of keeping the Cuban "army" supplied with guns and ammunition. Rubens became an expert organizer of filibustering expedi tions, an equally expert defense lawyer for arrested filibusters (never lost a case). Occasionally he made a voyage himself, but his usefulness was greater on shore. Raising money for the rebel Cubans was part of his job. Biggest single contribution ($30,000) he got from Tammany...
...Plain Tales from the Hills who knew what was what, was fond of uttering scraps of omniscience in scriptural Kiplingo. In English Authoress Ann Bridge's heroine, Mrs. LeRoy, Kipling readers will recognize a perfect re-edition of Mrs. Hauksbee. Mrs. LeRoy, empire-building wife of an oriental expert, has to live at the British Legation at Peking while her children are at school in England. Time: the unpleasant present...