Word: firms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...also to be remembered that Hugo Stinnes' son has been in the U. S. and reported to be seeking a firm grip on American and Mexican oil fields...
Last week Demotte fils sailed for France leaving behind a trail of contradicting rumors. Apparently the youthful Demotte had been dethroned from his place at the head of his firm. Mitchell Kennerley, head of the Anderson Galleries, said simply that Mrs. Demotte had called her son to her and that he might never return. Meanwhile the administrator of the Demotte Estate has the authority and the responsibility of managing the great art business...
...resigned herself to an impending interlude of Labor government. But it is evident that the rule of these heretofore political pariahs is being tolerated only as an interlude, to serve perhaps as a horrible example which will frighten the more conservative elements of the other two parties into a firm and workable coalition...
...trial the public prosecutor, in addressing the jury, said he saw no place for extenuating circumstances, but added: "The mother of the dead asks you, gentlemen of the jury, through me, to grant such circumstances to the murderess of her son. So grant them, but give a firm, clear and just verdict...
...their utterances or remained silent in consequence, but rumors circulated among the modernists that certain close clerical friends of Bishop Manning were violating the spirit of the truce by sending out circuar letters in an effort to repair fences and round up the Bishop's supporters for a firm stand in the post-holiday battle that is sure to come. Dr. Leighton Parks, veteran insurgent rector of St. Bartholomew's continued as a prime center of interest. He issued in printed form his controversial sermon of the week previous (TIME, Dec. 24) and in an appendix he charged...