Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...famed Cabinet of Sacred Union comprises representatives of parties bitterly opposed, who laid down their political tomahawks solely because of the desperate emergency created by the slithering fall of the franc (TIME, Aug. 2, 1926). Today the paper franc is good as gold; and French politicians have not lost the art of quarrelling. For example, Deputy Oran Molle doubled his fist, in the Chamber lobby, last week, and aimed a blow at Deputy Freissineng, who nimbly ducked, remarking: "Merci, mon ami! But today it is too hot to fight." Soon all Deputies trooped in to hear the Prime Minister...
...sharp-chinned, sharp-eyed, amiable, fast, lazy, and a tireless autographer of balls, fond of track athletics and very poor at them, Goslin has proved himself for a long time a fine batter. Last spring he bet "Memphis Bill" Terry, Giant first baseman, $5 he could beat him sprinting, lost his five. A little later, with no money up, he tried to throw the discus, strained his arm. Unable to win games without...
Thus, Prime Minister Raymond Poincare, the great War President of France, puts the last cap on a monumental achievement. When he took office 23 months ago, the franc had lost 9/10 of its pre-War value (5 francs to $1). By soundest generalship, some retrenchments, and chiefly by the sheer confidence-inspiring power of his personality, M. Poincare caused the franc to double in value without resorting to a foreign loan (TIME, January 3, 1927). That value has been kept stable de facto for 18 months; and now it becomes the approximate stabilized value de jure. For the present, paper...
...widow of Paul Raditch, mother of seven children, said last week: "I hope my husband will be the last victim of this strife and that Serbia and Croatia will make peace." Her wishes were respected to the comparative extent that only four persons lost their lives in riots which broke out at Zagreb when Stefan Raditch was prematurely reported dying...
Another Rockefeller institution, the International Education Board, lost its president-Wickliffe Rose-through retirement. He will be succeeded by Trevor Arnett, vice president and business manager of the University of Chicago...