Word: fording
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...curse off his conference. He promised that he would be the only Government representative on hand. He promised that he would raise no questions, make no suggestions. Conferees, he swore, would be free to do anything, decide anything they pleased. But up to last week's end Ford Motor Co. and the following trade associations had thumbed down Government-sponsored industrial co-operation by declining to send representatives to the Berry party...
Tense black-haired Antonio Brico, conductor of the New York Women's Symphony, makes music sound like all work and no play. Conductor Sundstrom's touch is lighter but her discipline is strong. Her orchestra was considered capable enough to play at the opening of the Ford Gardens at the Century of Progress ir. 1934. It played last summer at the Grant Park concerts, proved more popular than the solid old Chicago Symphony. Conductor Sundstrom, practical about her job, says: "Women's orchestras must not merely play well; they must even strive to play better than other...
...William) Knitdsen who had $30 when he reached the U. S. from Denmark in 1900. Mr. Knudsen spoke no English, picked up the language by listening to his landlady's children. He got a job with the John R. Keim mills in Buffalo, sold automobile parts to Henry Ford, went to work for Ford Motor Co. when Mr. Ford bought out John R. Keim, became production manager at the Highland Park plant. In 1921 he left Mr. Ford, in 1922 turned up at Chevrolet, became Chevrolet's president two years later. So well did he apply his Ford...
...Results of moving U. S. automobile shows two months ahead and creating an end-of-the-year motor-buying season were seen in a November output of 295,000 units, not counting Ford production. Only 76,000 cars were produced in November 1934 by members of the Automobile Manufacturers Association...
Coach Joe Stubbs, mentally planning changes for the next game, a week from last night, laconically summed up the Harvard point of view on the outcome. Said he: "Generally satisfactory." The summary: HARVARD M.I.T. Hovenanian, Hallowell, G. Roberts, Carr, l.w. r.w., Muther, Anderson Moseley, Ford, Dewey, Cutter, c. c., Eddy, Shipper S. Callaway, Ecker, Mechem, Quinby, r.w. l.w., Acker, Stiles Claflin, Duffey, Allen, l.d. r.d., Goodwin, Cook J. Roberts, Brown, Hicks, r.d. l.d., Porter, Minot Waldinger, Kidder, g. g., Kenny Score--Harvard 12, M.I.T...