Word: jewells
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from here I go to Florence: the jewel of Italy . . . the romance of Dante and Beatrice . . and by the way, there you can live on a dollar and a quarter...
...Majesty the Queen Mother graciously surrendered last week to Her Majesty the Queen the $750,000 Kohinoor diamond of 106 carats. It has been the chief jewel of Queen Mary's Crown, now goes into new Queen Elizabeth's new crown on which London platinumsmiths are rushing work. By an unprecedented alteration in British rules of precedence the extremely popular Queen Mother was last week slated to drive ahead of the King & Queen in the Coronation procession. At previous Coronations it has been customary for a Queen Mother to make no public appearance...
...description of the wild beauty of a waterfall on the Rio Parana is as much a jewel of writing as his tiny humming bird is a "jewel of nature." Following several colorful and exceedingly virile paragraphs, it was positively shocking in its clear beauty, its excellent choice of words, its exquisite phrases...
...voice is of surprising beauty, and it is a delight to hear her run up and down the scale and slide long and clearly on bar E. Jeannette McDonald and Grace Moore come nowhere near the charming and unaffected little French girl who sparkles in every scene like a jewel. Add Jack Oakie, Mischa Auer, and some elegant swing by Andre Kostelanetz and you've got something, "That Girl From Paris" to be exact...
...Chrysler Corp. voted a $5.50 payment, bringing its dividend total for the year to $12 per share. Gulf Oil Corp. proposed to split its stock two for one, added a 50? payment to the regular 25? quarterly. Eastman Kodak ordered an extra of 75? per share, Columbian Carbon $1.25, Jewel Tea $2. In some cases the tax law has prompted resumption of dividends, Western Maryland Ry. last week voting the first payment ($7) on its first preferred since it was reorganized in 1917 and Libby, McNeill & Libby the first common dividend ($1) since...