Word: maining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After 18 days of work, the agreement reached was, in its main points, substantially as follows...
...time came along for a plenary session of the Conference. During one hour and 47 minutes, more of the main problems were broached. A committee of two (one British, one French) was appointed...
...main obstacle to the smooth running of the Conference was Premier Herriot of France. With a vigilent Poincare and an eagle-eyed Briand watching his every step from Paris, ready to pounce upon him should he make one move that could be construed as weakening the position of France, the Premier was not exactly a free agent. Moreover the French press raved against the U. S., declared that the bankers had exceeded their right in barring sanctions, counselled Premier Herriot to return home and leave the Conference to itself. He, perforce, remained hostile to any attempt at depriving the Reparations...
...know of one newspaper man who was receiving $25 for Sunday articles, and who failed to please his Sunday editor with a certain interview. It was a botch job. The editor rejected it. The newspaper man, who had to submit regularly in order to secure his main income, was delighted. He sent the piece to the editor of a weekly magazine, one which carried heavy advertising, and straightway received a check for $250 and a request for more of the same. That day the newspaper lost an intelligent, active fellow, a good writer with a talent for facts...
Progressive cities and towns, like efficient firms, are good advertisers, the main difference being that the former do not spend much money on this modern cult...