Word: gilbert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those golden twins, Gilbert and Sullivan, are about to file auspiciously into Boston with the resounding accompaniment of "I am the Lord High Chancellor" and a crew of genteel pirates. No matter who is the producer, these Victorian gentlemen are guaranteed to amuse: and when the leader in their resurrection is Winthrop Ames even more may be anticipated--if more than amusement is desired in light opera...
Last week Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock announced his engagement, planned for a wedding in June. Tired, Insurgent Norris saw his friendly enemy turning to retirement and marriage; almost simultaneously he announced he would retire when his present term is up. But not to petty private life. For the Governorship of Nebraska he will set his aim; once in that office he intends to make Nebraska "the model state...
Moreover, during the week, 125,000,000 gold marks ($29,745,000) were paid up on the dot to Agent General of Reparations Seymour Parker Gilbert who wrote down this sum as the first half-yearly installment of interest due, for the third reparations year, on the Dawes Plan loans of 5,000,000,000 gold marks. As security for these loans a virtual mortgage is held on the chief units of production comprising the mechanism of German industry...
When Edward Lloyd left the church choir, where he had sung with Arthur Sullivan (later famed as the composer of the light opera team of Gilbert & Sullivan), to appear in concerts, a cleric warned him of choosing between God and Mammon. "I prefer Mammon to your narrow-minded religion," said young Mr. Lloyd as he set out to charm all England...
...Engaged. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, 67, onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator from Nebraska; to Martha Harris, niece of the late J. T. Harahan, president of the Illinois Central Railroad...