Word: marchings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...committee did succeed in agreeing on the nature and functions of the proposed international bank of settlement (TIME, March 11, 25), and at the very worst, that notable achievement, set forth in a voluminous report, will crown the labors of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Young. Said a member of the Japanese delegation when things looked blackest last week, "I am deeply sorry for our chairman. Mr. Young has done everything a man could possibly do to make for success. It is a shame that his wonderful work should be branded with defeat. He deserved something far, far better!" Allied Bulls...
...large and well equipped refreshment counter. Across the room from this counter is a large safe, containing money and other valuables. One door leads to a shower; there is, however, no dressing room. ¶ Last week also- saw further consolidation in the parent industry when newly-formed (TIME, March 18) Aviation Corp.. took over Colonial Airways, capitalized at $5,000,000. ¶ Pratt & Whitney (produced 960 engines in 1928; plan 2,000 in 1929) an nounced net profit first quarter of 1929, of $1,300,274 as against $337,012, first quar...
...been if Model T could have been kept going. There was also an indicated loss of some $42,000,000 in 1927. Automobile production figures for the first quarter of 1929 (TIME, April 15) show that the Ford has regained its position as greatest unit producer, some 180,000 March Fords comparing with some 140,000 March Chevrolets...
...World War dugout (TIME, April 1). LIGHT HOLIDAY-The brightest dialog of the season (TIME, Dec. 10). CAPRICE-Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in a merry importation (TIME, Jan. 14). KIBITZER-The preposterous adventures of a Jewish know-it-all in the stock market (TIME, March 4). MUSICAL Best light lines, legs and lyrics: Hold Everything, Whoopee, Follow Thru...
Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky's happiest moment came on March 16, 1881, when, in a St. Petersburg hospital, surrounded by strangers, Fate permitted him to die. For 46 years he had been beaten by life. His first love, and his last and real love had died. He had lost his devoted mother. He had a permanent quarrel with his brother. He had had financial collapse, humiliating work as a government clerk at small pay in the department of woods and forests-worst of all, lack of recognition for his music. Final blow: his life-child, the opera Boris Godonnov, tragic...