Word: ma
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...determined drive on behalf of the metric system will be made by the Pan American Standardization Conference, which is to meet at Léma, Peru, in November. From Washington it was last week announced that Secretary of Commerce Hoover is one of those who think that the nations of the world would be more amicable were their ways of weighing and measuring the same. Said Mr. Hoover: "It may well be set forth, as a truism, that it is impossible to maintain proper standards of ethical conduct throughout business and industry without a proper background of recognized physical standards...
...Darling, sweetheart, ma mignonne. . . . our home. No more hotels. You and I will be the happiest people in the world. Say you like it,' and he tried to kiss me again. ... I freed myself...
...mail. Dolores, his wife and her mother-in-law's echo, is learning to cook. His brother Gordon is on the eve of realizing his ambition: a Phi Beta Kappa Key at the Mid-State University and a job in the teller's cage at the Cranetown National Bank. Ma Actopel, a sacrificing wife who has seen hard times, now has hopes of ironing out her troubles. There even seems to be a chance of solving the problem of Ruth...
...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: SILK-Samuel Merwin - Houghton ($2.00). This is the story of the great adventure of Jan Po, "native of P'ing Ling in Shansi, pupil of Ma Chung at Lo Yang, mandarin of the eighth rank with button of worked gold," as told in the journals and letters of the polished Jan himself. He tells of his journey beyond the edge of the world, along the route of the silk; of Ibn Shu Eer Din, Wa Zir of Balkh...
...program is as follows: Overture to the Flying Dutchman Wagner Symphony for Orchestra and Piano-forte on a French Mountain Air op. 25 D'Indy Symphonic Poem, "Ultava", from "Ma'Ulast", No. 2 Smeiana Two Nocturnes: (a) "Clouds" Debussy (b) "Festivals" Debussy "Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo", Symphonic Poem No. 2 Blast