Word: grand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Union (April 14), the International Chamber of Commerce (May 4), the 50th anniversary of the Red Cross (May 21). He will go to Valley Forge for his Memorial Day address. The Indiana Republican Editors Association will hear him at Indianapolis June 15. The next day he will review the Grand Army of the Republic at Columbus, Ohio and, at last, dedicate the Harding memorial at Marion. The day after will find him at Springfield, Ill. dedicating another Lincoln memorial...
...Diamond (TIME, Oct. 20). He was lax in prosecuting unscrupulous bondsmen, dock racketeers and ambulance chasing lawyers. He failed to obtain an indictment in the case of retired Magistrate Ewald, suspected of buying his judgeship for $10,000, which was later thrice tried unsuccessfully (TIME, Feb. 2). Of 623 grand jury indictments for grand larceny sent to his office, only 32 were tried and convicted. From this ecord it appeared that instead of diligently executing his trust, Sachem Grain had merely been a placid front-row spectator at the Scandals of New York...
Strictly interpreted, this sentence is nonsense. It bears the unmistakable imprint of Mr. Baldwin's loose thought. Being used to the Grand Old Muddler, the entire British press assumed that by "in India" he meant "on India" which would make sense, and mean that the Conservative Party had resolved to have no more truck with half-naked St. Gandhi and his crew...
...when a German player inadvertently kicked into his own net the only goal of the day. C. Alike, untouted racehorse owned by Richard K. Mellon (nephew): by five lengths, a four-mile steeplechase at Hurst Park, England, from an impressive field of other entries in next week's Grand National at Aintree...
...offices in 200 cities and communities. Last year it loaned $66,000,000 to 413,345 families. Since the death of Mr. Hodson in 1928, Beneficial's president and chairman has been Charles Henry Watts, 50, who started business as a collector of delinquent loans in Grand Rapids. To Beneficial last year he brought much goodwill by the creation of a $100,000 emergency fund to be loaned to destitute families without interest or security. Pious, he is president of the Christian Business Federation, journeys weekly from Manhattan to Philadelphia to attend meetings of the Unity Church. Contrary to general...