Word: learnedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From Lion Ludwig dowagers learned that "Today the great personalities of Europe are found only in science and technology.'' He concluded ably: "I have seen only three great men in Europe this year. One is Bernard Shaw, far greater as an educator than a playwright; another is Einstein, who changed...
Baseball writers soon learned that Hornsby had been rude to President Charles A. Stoneham of the Giants. Acting manager of the nine last summer, Hornsby heckled Stoneham when famed Manager John J. McGraw was absent, ill. He suggested he did not like Stoneham; that he would not manage the team...
The younger brothers of Cinderella are so frequently found and fitted with a slipper of gold instead of glass, that the tale has lost its edge. Yet, last week, Wall Street men perused with interest the news that 36 year-old Robert Livingston Clarkson had been elected president of the...
Heidelberg University-known to theatre-goers as the scene of The Student Prince, known to the learned world as the oldest of famed German universities-will receive $400,000 from the U. S. Aroused by the university's needs, U. S. Ambassador to Germany Jacob Gould Schurman, once a...
President Coolidge learned of the stock market uneasiness and promptly expressed his belief that the brokers' loans constituted no real danger to the country's credit situation. Next day the market steadied itself and continued steady on following days. Average prices rose.