Word: higher
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Overnight Lake Constance in Switzerland rose 15 feet as the upper reaches of the Rhine poured in its roaring torrent of muddy water. Higher and higher rose the Rhine, greater and greater became the pressure of the angry, swollen current and, finally, the huge 5,000-foot dam between Switzerland and the tiny principality of Liechtenstein burst and the water shot down the mountain side like 10,000 enraged tigers pouncing on their prey...
...people. Naturally, that car must meet present conditions, but the basic idea is likely to be the same. General Motors is in quite a different position. General Motors' idea is to make a car of greater luxury than the Ford, a car that properly belongs to the next higher price class."* Earlier Mr. Ford had said: "We have no desire to take business away from any automobile manufacturer. Our thought has always been that the automobile business is prosperous only when all the makers of good cars are busy." But Chevrolet motors, manufactured under the direction of a onetime...
...bearish day last week when securities on the stock market were being heavily sold, Baldwin Locomotive stock worked its way higher, closing with a net gain for the session of over nine points. This reflected marketwise the fact that the Fisher brothers of Detroit, onetime owners of Fisher Body Corp. lately incorporated into General Motors Corp., had waged successful battle for representation on the board of directors of Baldwin Locomotive Works, of whose common stock they own 120,000 shares, a controlling interest. Samuel Vauclain, President, opposed to the Fisher brothers, was prevailed upon to allow them two places...
...University Extension Courses, offered by a commission representing several institutions of higher learning in the vicinity of Boston, will include this year a large number of courses to be given by Harvard professors and instructors, according to the current catalogue of the commission...
Even when one's "higher education" has been guided on its way by the gleam of the Harvard tradition, and shunning as one must the merest appearance of biting the hand that feeds one--it is but the sincerest admiration and hope for excellence in this activity as well that arouses our anticipation of the coming season.--The Radcliffe Daily, October...