Word: greatests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conclusive are these figures to "an American" that, last week, potent H. Gordon Selfridge, U. S. founder-owner of London's first and greatest "department store," promptly ordered extra advertising space in leading English dailies, commenced to "boom" and "sell" the tunnel idea...
...acquired for $67,000. Mr. West took the position that his Insull connection was a thing of the past, but, even so, promised to withdraw from any matter affecting Insull interests. To Senator Norris and his fellow "Progressives," however, the adequate control of public utilities is the greatest issue in the country, and nothing would do but that the West appointment be rejected. The "power-trust" issue having been thus potently raised, many a liberal Senator joined in the Progressives' anti-West cry, but most Senators hoped they would be able to straddle. A majority of Senators was delighted...
...utterly illegal" the French at tempts to squeeze reparations out of Germany by occupying the Ruhr. As an alternative course he urged and finally persuaded the Allied Powers to convene the Committee of Experts which drafted the Dawes Plan. Two decades earlier he had been one of England's greatest Viceroys of India (1899-1905). His posthumous biography by the Earl of Ronaldshay was published last year by Boni & Liveright; 3 vols...
Last fortnight the Metropolitan found itself raised to unexpected glory when it inherited the famed H. O. Havemeyer collection which includes, besides masterpieces of the earlier schools, the very finest specimens of French impressionism. This single gift, valued at many millions, is the greatest contribution the Metropolitan ever received, with the possible exception of the Benjamin Altman donation...
...those who went out for college teams who needed exercise, he thought; it was those of mediocre athletic prowess. There should be more games for more players, he said. Last year, the football team made a gross income of $773, 698.93, a net profit of $476,88.12. greatest in the University's history. All other sports showed losses. Track cost more than $20,000, basketball $12,000, baseball $10,000. As President Little desired, the football money is being spent to pay for the new football stadium, for a women's athletic building, for the Intramural Sports building...