Word: jobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...congratulated upon securing this exceptionally gifted and versatile actress. Anna Layng was convincing as Mrs. Kent, in the first act, but the change from a country church organist to a "night blooming Sirius" seemed a little overdrawn even for a farce. Walter Gilbert did his usual fine job with the leading part, and the supporting cast played well. A very entertaining play, with plenty of laughs...
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...Yale too--is under the handicap of not having the sturdy raw material from the farms. But that obstacle can be surmounted--hence the running outdoors at present. Hardship and sacrifice bring out a man's ingenuity, and power. In aiming for a victory over Yale we have a job cut out for us that will take everything we can put into...
Edison Medal for 1923 was awarded to John William Lieb, operating Vice President of the New York Edison Co., who has made New York the model light and power city of the world. Over 30 years ago, when Lieb was just out of Stevens Tech, he got a job with Thomas A. Edison. The firm had a contract to build a great electrical plant in Italy. "Send Lieb," said Edison. He was only 22, but he did the job and stayed in charge of the Italian company for 12 years. Lieb's story, together with those of the 13 previous...
...leaving college, Mr. Mason became a wholesale greengrocer. But not for long. In a year he got a job on the Chicago Herald, then the property of H. H. Kohlsaat. He shifted to the Chicago Tribune and then, in 1905, to the Chicago Evening Post. From 1905 to 1922 he shinnied up the Post to the altitude of Managing Editor. In March, 1922, The New York Tribune enticed him to Manhattan. There he conducts himself as a humane and kindly editor but one-in his own phrase-"not afraid of using small town stunts on a metropolitan newspaper, provided they...