Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friends of Novelist Bennett extended to him their sympathy, upon learning that in Britannia's make-up room the entire concluding portion of his article (containing the "cure" for "Pernicious Politicians") was inadvertently cut out, omitted, lost...
...many Sem Bennelli's* L'Amore is the most perfect of librettos. It is the story of Blind Archibaldo who gained a kingdom and lost his soul. He has a valiant son, Manfredo. and the fair Fiora for his son's wife. He had chosen her himself, brought her as hostage from the enemy's country, but she came loving the young Prince Avito and kindness could not make her a faithful wife. Blind men see but Fiora did not know. His still eyes saw her first at dawn sending her lover out through the terrace, then at twilight...
...national play for aviation manufacture, Cleveland last week lost another deal, recuperated on a previous loss. ^ The current loss was Goodyear Zeppelin Corp.'s proposed factory for building, first, two airships larger than the Los Angeles or Graf Zeppelin, and later, simi- lar ones. Cleveland wanted the industry. Los Angeles, San Diego and 100 other cities wanted it. President Paul Weeks Litchfield of both the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and the affiliated Goodyear Zeppelin Corp., chose Akron, Goodyear headquarters...
...Clarence Saunders, head of the Piggly-Wiggly chain grocery stores, tried to corner his company's stock, had it thrown off the board, lost $4,000,000, went $300,000 in debt. Last week, Mr. Saunders said that he had $250,000,000 backing for a new $50,000,000 chain grocery organization...
...dead Little Corporal's heart from voracious rats. But Arthur was a sweet-faced choirboy, beloved mascot of his father's band, successful candidate for a Leipzig Mendelssohn scholarship. Returned to London, he wrote cantatas, oratorios, 56 hymns (among them Onward Christian Soldiers), and also popular lyrics (The Lost Chord), and operetta-burlesque (Cox and Box). Victoria smiled on him, the masses adored...