Word: generously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pawtucket, R. I., Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This...
...Dominion can also buy from the Mother Country. Stressing the fact that Australia now buys from the U. S. every year six times as much as she sells to the U. S., suave Commissioner-General Brookes asked in effect if such a very good cus tomer does not deserve generous treatment...
...listed on the New York Curb, sell around $540 compared to the 1929 high of 631, low of 530. While this is comparatively high (20 times earnings) for a closely held company with a thin market, Singer shareholders have learned not to sell, for melons have always been generous. This year cash extras of $12.50 have been given in addition to the regular annual...
...painters and sculptors, culled from the artists' studios, loaned or given by patrons, loaned or sold by dealers. The neighborhood of the Heckscher Building is the greatest art-mart in the world. After two years the Modern Museum plans to build its own building. Pledged for generous donations are many patrons who are waiting to see "if the thing is a success." Willing to take a chance, the committee of seven has already given the impetus-money. They are: Chairman Anson Conger Goodyear, Buffalo lumberman, onetime president of Buffalo's staid Albright Art Gallery, now an enthusiastic patron...
Those fabulous mortals who break the bank at Monte Carlo will occasionally attribute their feat to unadulterated luck, but usually they allude enigmatically to a System. Discreet, they never disclose its formula. More generous is Aron Nimzowitsch, Denmark's grand master of Chess. He writes books about his System, and even exhibits its workings publicly...