Word: lent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next day it was indicated that the ExportImport Bank, created in a day of hope, would be disbanded, with nothing done. Hamstrung since its formation by the Johnson resolution passed last year by Congress prohibiting the extension of credits to defaulting nations, the Bank has never lent...
...Commandeering the tank, faithful Waizeru Menen sent it crashing through the Palace gates, rescued her husband. A woman of the world, Her Majesty journeyed with maximum pomp to Jerusalem two years ago (TIME, Oct. 9). Three hundred pounds of majesty beneath her State umbrella, symbol of Abyssinian sovereignty, she lent glamour to the consecration beside the River Jordan of a new Coptic Church and Convent- Abyssinians being Coptic Christians. "The Empress is not interested in public affairs," fibbed Her Majesty's suave Grand Chamberlain. "She is interested only in her home and children." Especially confidential letters from His Majesty...
...willing to guard his privacy with medieval tortures. Loyalty to the traditions of the regiment and its effect on human emotion are represented in the commanding colonel. Under his command are his son, whom duty commands he disregard; a replacement from the Blues whose Oxford training has lent a veneer to his emotions; and the lieutenant who rebels against the substitution of duty for human affections. The actions of these four individuals make up the story...
...Wildenstein show of portraiture by command was Mr. Salisbury's first exhibit in the U. S. in six years. On view were Cardinal Hayes in his princely robes; J. Pierpont Morgan looking royally severe; the late Calvin Coolidge (lent by the Antiquarian Society of America), the late George Fisher Baker Sr. (lent by U. S. Steel Corp.), Myron Charles Taylor, LL. D. (also lent by U. S. Steel Corp.), Nicholas Murray Butler, D. C. L., LL. D. (lent by the Archaeological Biographical Society of New York), Walter Sherman Gifford (lent by American Telephone & Telegraph Co.), Eugene Grace (lent...
...Democratic Campaign Committee. Early last summer Eddie Dowling announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic Senatorial nomination from Rhode Island. Persuaded to abandon this ambition, he took the stump in Pennsylvania, helped swing that State to the New Deal. In turn, rich New Dealers like Vincent Astor lent a hand in promoting Mr. Dowling's new $250,000 show. At its Philadelphia premiere, Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor-elect Earle & friends were on hand to cheer their theatrical colleague. At the Manhattan opening, Postmaster General Farley and the young James Roosevelts represented the official family...