Word: lone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Eliphalet Remington, 96, lone surviving member of the firm of E. Remington & Sons, founded in 1816 by his father; at Herkimer, N. Y. The gun and typewriter manufacturers were originally one company, but failed in 1886 and are now under separate interests, controlled by others than the Remingtons. He died impoverished by his gift (50 years ago) of $250,000 to Syracuse University...
...lone exception to this state of exodus is the track squad, which will establish a patriotic precedent by refusing to desert the neighborhood of the Stadium, while their more adventurous and less sentimental brethren in the other branches of sport are languishing in Southern pastures...
...peculiar fact that in most contests with Yale and Princeton the participants conduct themselves with all the grim silence of a life and death struggle while the excited spectators shout themselves hoarse. The Triangular debate tonight is a lone exception; and for once the spirit of keen competition and friendly rivalry can be expressed in appropriate words by the contestants themselves. While the audience must perforce wait until the end of the debate to register its complete approval or disapproval, the fact that the discussion centers upon the very vital problem of limitation of enrolment should make the decision fairly...
...goods and raw materials. The near-panic of 1920 perceptibly cooled the enthusiasm for foreign banks, and subsequent years have seen their gradual disappearance. The recent retirement of the Asia Banking Corporation, whose business has been taken over by the International Banking Corporation, leaves the latter institution as the lone survivor in this field...
...International Banking Corporation?lone survivor in its field...