Word: henrie
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...temporarily reinstated for the finals of the Davis Cup play by the U. S. L. T. A. at the behest of Myron Timothy Herrick, U. S. Ambassador to France. Gallantly, recklessly he conquered Rene Lacoste of France, and was later trounced in straight sets by Henri Cochet of France. Ambassador Herrick, a quick-acting diplomat, knowing that the French would not feel satisfied unless Tilden was in action, promptly said the necessary words to the U. S. tennis officials. A final decision on Tilden's status will be made when he returns to the U. S. Meanwhile, Dwight Filley...
...Louis Henri Joseph Lucon, Cardinal-Archbishop of Rheims, 86, flew above and about his cathedral. Said he: "I should not have risked it before the War. People would have gossiped. . . . How beautiful, serene...
...like warring nations, proclaim slogans, announce positions from which they will never, never recede. Last winter, when the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. (60% Dutch, 40% British) declared war on the Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., both contestants stated their cases promptly and publicly. For Dutch Shell, Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding shouted "stolen oil" across the ocean to N. Y. The retort was immediate: "The Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. . . . will carry out all contracts into which it has entered, and will not be swerved ... by desperate and destructive measures...
Last week, the Indian market was reported "stabilized." The war was declared at an end. Observers recalled that Chairman Herbert L. Pratt of the Standard Oil of N. Y. had been a recent European tourist, had probably met Sir Henri and patched a peace. Also, the peace follows quickly on the election of Charles F. Meyer to the presidency of Standard of N. Y. Meyer and Deterding had strangely parallel careers, East & West (TIME, April...
...promise by Standard Oil to press the Soviets to pay Dutch Shell and other owners for their seized and confiscated property. If that were accomplished, observers noted, Russian oil would no longer be "stolen." Standard Oil no longer would be an international fence in the eyes of Sir Henri. And Standard Oil would "carry out contracts," would not be "swerved by destructive measures...