Word: fortnights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...kept himself in St. Paul Law School until he was graduated in 1909. His first six months practice at Thief River Falls netted him only $110. He moved on and in 1914 grew a mustache to enter politics in Polk County. Married, four times a father, he served a fortnight as a captain in the Army Air Service during the War. He was appointed Minnesota's acting Attorney-General in February 1928, was elected to the office last November. A tax expert as well as a Prohibition enforcement officer, Mr. Youngquist has appeared often and well before...
...physician had ordered a three-week "rest" in Florida. Gossipers spoke of the failure of his leadership, predicted that Brigadier Charles McNary of Oregon would soon be advanced to Chief of Staff. So feeble became the tariff fighting that Democratic Chief of Staff Robinson also went off, for a fortnight's holiday in Arkansas. Combat came to a farcical standstill on Saturday when brigadier generals deserted wholesale. General Edge went to New Jersey, preventing action on his earthenware schedules, whereas any action in the metals salient was checked by the absence of General Reed. Even Field Marshal Simmons left...
...fortnight prior the 88-year-old War Prime Minister had returned to Paris from his summer cottage, told friends that he did not expect to live through the winter. Early last week his valet found the old Tiger in bed, breathing heavily, unconscious from a sudden heart attack. Worried specialists rushed to his bedside, administered oxygen, strychnine, summoned his son, his daughter, his grandson. They privately gave up hope that the old man could live through the night. They forgot the implacable will of Georges Clémenceau. The man who carried France through the dark winter...
...philanthropist and financier (tank cars, directorships), is an outstanding connoisseur and collector of paintings. Many a Harvard law student is aided by the Max Epstein Loan Fund. The University of Chicago has a Max Epstein Dispensary and Social Hall. Lately Mr. Epstein combined his hobby and his philanthropy. Last fortnight the University of Chicago announced receipt from him of $1,000,000 for an art center where esthetic history and theory will be studied and taught, pundits will lecture, exhibitions will be held. The building will stand near the University's resplendent new chapel, upon the plans for which...
...spring that he needed money to expand his manufacturing plants at Friedrichshafen, General Motors' President Alfred Pritchard Sloan last month went over to Friedrichshafen with a staff of engineers. They looked over the Dornier plant, machines and blue prints. They saw the 12-motored Do-X, which last fortnight carried 169 passengers over Lake Constance. Result was that Mr. Sloan bought for General Motors the licenses to manufacture Dornier planes in the U. S. General Motors lawyers immediately busied themselves last week, while Mr. Sloan was on his way back to the U. S., then incorporated the Dornier Motors...