Word: looke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surging wave of American youth into the colleges, professional and technical schools which may or may not be anxious to harbor them. His objective, as connoted by his versed opinions seems to be this, that a clear understanding of what real education is, may be gained, just where to look for it, and just who is fit for advanced education, and who will better serve his community and himself by immediate entrance into an active career in the work of that community. Georgetown Hoya
...fraternal organization,* and it is felt that while there is no question of the excellence of such an organization that is headed by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, the appearance of discrimination, as the cause or much embarrassment, must be avoided, to maintain his present position." ¶Chief Look Out and 20 lusty redskins of the Osage tribe came to the White House to present an eagle feather to their "Great White Father." ¶The President asked Congress to appropriate $1,063,000 for the construction of additional helium plants (see p. 10). ¶The President signed the appropriation...
...dinner waxed, two dapper gentlemen at a nearby table saw Lord Birkenhead look upon the .wine of Madeira-and it was red. Then the dapper gentlemen began a spelling match, quite innocently, between themselves. Soon they, shrewd sharpers, were betting on each other's spelling prowess. When the game was ripening to high stakes one of the so dapper gentlemen approached the Earl of Birkenhead. "We know Your Lordship is a great student of the English language. . . . Perhaps Your Lordship will spell two score words against my friend-?100 to the winner. . . . Your Lordship has the repute of being...
...hospital, Lawyers Louis Marshall and Gilbert H. Montague (verbally) and Corporation Director Maurice Hely Hutchinson (writing for the Century) all attacked my famed criticisms of corporations. They agreed with me that many holders of common stocks are ignorant, lazy, simple. The Government should look after the investing simpleton, I have written. These three men say he should look after himself...
...stated: "Current conditions lead me to the conclusion that there should be a temporary breathing spell in construction [of office buildings, hotels, apartment houses] throughout the U. S. . . that accommodations may not become abnormally in excess of demand. I wish to make it plain that I do not look for any radical drop in the volume of building. . . ." Owners of properties already constructed cried acclaim; owners of undeveloped real estate were dismayed. Said Metropolitan President Haley Fiske, knowing Mr. Straus' wide influence: "I am glad to see that the attitude we have maintained for a year is at last...