Word: line
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...teller. He is a "regular" Southern Democrat in his votes. In the minority, no famed legislation bears his name. His manner is at times brusque and rough. He is not a keen politician. Impartial observers rate him thus: A conscientious and hard-working legislator who has specialized on one line (cotton), lacking brilliance and breadth to make him an outstanding Senate figure. His speech and thought have not kept pace with a changing South. His term expires March...
...major abuse detected by Commissioner McManamy was the free travel of officials to resorts. The Atlantic Coast Line goes to Florida. Its private cars journeyed 96,507 free miles on other lines while it had to haul without charge the private cars of other companies a total of 456,683 miles over its own tracks. The Maine Central runs to Bar Harbor. While its private cars moved 2,028 miles over other lines, it gave private cars of other lines free rides for 41,521 miles...
Nevada Northern (subsidiary of Kennecott Copper) stationed its private cars some 2,500 miles off-line at the Erie R. R.'s Jersey City terminal...
...First-line cruisers built, building, about to be built: U. S. 255,000 tons; Britain...
...Dawes-an engineer, a Socialist and a lawyer. Engineer Hoover has called for the invention of a scientific "yardstick" to gauge the relative strengths of war boats and cut the world's navies proportionately. Socialist MacDonald told Parliament, last week, that he intends to cooperate along the Hoover line, even to the extent of journeying personally to negotiate in the White House next October. He added, sensationally, that in the meantime Britain would postpone construction on several war craft already laid down. Lawyer Dawes did his bit for naval disarmament last week by arranging that Socialist MacDonald...