Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Robert W. de Forest presented the annual report of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, showing an attendance, 1,036,703, the greatest on record, and a deficit...
...newest and perhaps greatest musical notability who will visit the U. S. during the present season will be Siegfried Wagner, son of the great Richard. He comes on a concert tour. The proceeds will be devoted to the rehabilitation of Baireuth* Wagnerian Festivals devoted to the ceremonious and supposedly ideal performance of his father's works. A great deal of legendary glory surrounds Siegfried. He is, to begin with, the offspring of a famed romance. Richard Wagner, then entering the full flame of his success, broke with his first wife, Minna, who had shared the bitter bread...
...great a proposal is characteristic of Coleman Du Pont, who built a $30,000,000 highway and gave it to his State; who built the Equitable Building, Manhattan, who organized the Du Pont de Nemours manufacturing interests, made them the greatest of their kind, then resigned. His present objective may not be reached during his lifetime...
Died. Thomas Ellis Kirby, 77, internationally famed art dealer and critic and "world's greatest art auctioneer"; at Haverford, Pa., of eczema. His sales totaled over...
...current demand is greatest for bricklayers, carpenters, painters, electricians, ship repair men; employment is decreasing in the manufacture of foods, confectionery and sugar refineries. The tobacco and rubber indus- tries are, however, reported to be adding to their payrolls...