Word: grown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reports have grown since William Wood, organizer of the American Woolen Co., committed suicide last year (TIME, Feb. 15, 1926). Since 1924, the company has been losing money. The loss then was $6,944,420. Last year, according to the annual report issued last week, the loss...
...Morton (Robert F. Ross), struggling against the materialism of his family who object to bequeathing their best hill to the state for the erection of a college that will preserve "the best that has been thought and said." But in 1879, Morton College is founded. By 1920, it has grown so that state appropriations are needed for further expansion. Senator Lewis advises the College president, descendant of the founder, to muffle the voice of radical Professor Holden (Sayre Crawley) if he expects government aid. This is done, but the president cannot throttle Madeline (Josephine Hutchinson), granddaughter of the founder...
Looking into the future, Commander MacMillan said, "When your generation is grown up, you will be making yearly excursions to the North Pole regions. My generation will find it and yours will develop...
...motion picture business has grown as a result of the construction of better theatres," said Jesse D. Lasky, Vice-President of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday after his lecture at the Business School. "Twelve years ago, when the motion picture industry was getting its start, the movie-houses were frequented by the lower class of society. The pictures were mediocre and the so-called theatres were nothing more than cabarets. The great contrast between then and now in this industry, as I see it, was instigated by an improvement in the show-houses themselves...
Thus, from an almost unmentionable beginning the collections have grown until, in certain fields, they are to be ranked among the most important in America. With an income for the purchase of works of art which has never been greater than $3,000.00 a year the museum has acquired, in addition to loans from private sources, collections whose value is estimated to be in excess of $3,000,000.00. A new building has been erected at a cost of about $1,000,000.00 and an endowment fund of equal amount has been raised. It is not seeking to become...