Word: formely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...laboring to pass a tariff bill, paused to discuss, vote upon, and reject two proposals designed to secure independence for the Philippine Islands. After Senator William H. King of Utah had suggested immediate Philippine independence, Senator Broussard of Louisiana brought forward the same idea in modified form, together with a provision that Philippine imports should be subject to tariff duties. The King proposal was rejected; the Broussard proposal was overwhelmed...
Leaving Yale his Sophomore year (1926), Arthur David Schulte had been made vice president of Park and Tilford, Schulte-controlled. Last year it was announced Park and Tilford would form a chain of retail grocery stores. Son Schulte remained a vice president, became a director of other Schulte companies, but no Park and Tilford expansion took place...
Continental Chronicle. Neither ancient nor humble were the Continental Can beginnings. In 1913 three sizable companies-Continental Can of New Jersey, Export and Domestic Can of New York, and Standard Tin Plate of Pennsylvania-combined to form Continental Can Co., Inc. During the next 13 years the company prospered but only in 1926 did Continental Can begin absorbing smaller companies with the steady monotony of an expanding corporation. In the last three years the company has acquired 14 manufacturers scattered over the country. Some of these make tin plate (sheet iron plated with tin) from which cans...
...clock the cadets will form again in the Yard and start their march to Soldiers Field through the Class of 1877 Gate back of Widener Library, and turn left on Massachusetts Avenue. They will then follow Bow, Arrow, and DeWolfe Streets to the Parkway across the Weeks Bridge and turn right on Soldiers Field Road to Gate 20 of the Stadium...
Many of the customs are in the form of restrictions placed upon the "plebes." There are restrictions in the mess hall, in barracks, and on the campus. In the mess hall a plebe sits at attention while he eats. His eyes may not wander farther than the perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food. In barracks a plebe always removes his hat before entering the room of an upperclassman. He is restricted from...