Word: guglielmo
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...Academicians at Stockholm like to strike a delicate balance between diplomacy and recognition of literary merit. Once it decided that Italy was due for an award, the Nobel Prize Committee was of necessity limited in its choice to four men: Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, Estheticist Benedetto Croce, Historian Guglielmo Ferrero, Playwright Pirandello. Drama lovers the world over were highly pleased at the final selection...
...Hall of Mirrors of Cincinnati's Netherland Plaza Hotel banquet tables gleamed, politicians and businessmen made speeches, a pastor prayed, breathless messenger boys brought in sheaves of cables and telegrams from President Roosevelt, Vice President Garner, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, many another bigwig. Powel Crosley Jr., founder-president of Crosley Radio Corp. and owner of WLW, headed a six-hour program which 28 radio engineers broadcast from WLW's plant at Mason, 22 miles away. Thus with pomp & ceremony last week was inaugurated by far the most powerful transmitting station on earth. Until last week Warsaw...
From Rome, Senator Guglielmo Marconi wired his London associates: "I hope to surprise you in a year or two as I surprised you in 1901 with transmission across the Atlantic...
...customer today at noon. The First Lady of the Land stored by my stand and purchased a bag of fresh roasted popcorn for pastime while she was walking with another fine lady and with one of her favored dogs." ¶ On her 49th birthday, the First Lady entertained Inventor Guglielmo Marconi & wife at luncheon, gave tea to the ladies at the A. F. of L. convention, had a quiet family dinner...
...suggestions. They are a little revolutionary. They may have to be adapted to the gradual thinking of big groups, but they are interesting. Now, as a matter of curiosity, I have talked of that book to different groups of people. Yesterday I talked of it to Mr. [Senator Guglielmo] Marconi. Now, Mr. Marconi has what I would describe as the inquiring youthful mind. I had spoken of it for a few minutes when he said, 'Where can I get that book?' "And I told him. I said I would send it to him. . . . Now the day before...