Word: fines
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...committee of members of the American Institute of Architects appointed by the Treasury Department, the Fine Arts Committee of the District of Columbia, the Supervising Architect and the United States Public Buildings Com-mission approved and recommended the use of Indiana Limestone for at least the first two buildings, those for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Commerce...
Sirs: I like you fine! Every Saturday night I sit up till 12 o'clock to read you through. Tonight I am pausing at page 10, to ask if somebody, somewhere, can't unearth a few new stories about Mrs. Hoover? These that have been served up since before the campaign began are getting somewhat antiquated?awfully so! The Carboniferous rock age story, the Boxer bullets, the £70 purse tossed in London, the drives across from Iowa to California and back, the no jewelry and always low heels, were all good in their day; but now that...
...still prime minister. In the central legislature, the greatest gain in seats was made by the Liberal party, which had encouraged closer relations with France and opposed the liquor laws forbidding the drinking of hard liquor in public. To win voters from Antwerp and Brussels, notorious amateurs of fine Burgundy, the Liberals promised reduced duties on imported French wines...
Mexican women are a favorite subject with Artist Martinez. He mingles much with them, in and out of his studio. Swarthy, melancholic, now in his 40's, he was longtime director of Mexico's Academy of Fine Arts. Mexico's artistic progressives, led by Diego Rivera (TIME, May 6) do not count Artist Martinez in their number...
...Manhattan Bridge, the stranger said: "It's a fine night, isn't it?" Answered James Albrecht, an out-of-a-job printer: "Kind of chilly, don't you think?" "Per-haps," said the stranger, "But just look at that beautiful moon." The next thing the stranger said was "Goodbye, good luck and God bless you." As he said this he was falling through the dark air into the river...