Word: marked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thus lighten the burden of presidential cares. Especially would this put an end to the undignified spectacle of our President's "electioneering" rôle every four years, and make this great office one of genuine dignity and high service, devoid of many imperfections that at present mark our Presidents as martyrs to an antiquated system...
...Illinois, last week, at the Stateville and Joliet Penitentiaries, began a high-school correspondence course with 22 convict-students, this faculty: Scholar-Murderer Richard Loeb, director and instructor in English composition, history and Spanish; Attorney-Kidnapper Joseph Pursifull, Latin; Engineer-Forger Mark Oettinger, mathematics; Student-Bandit Edward ("Toddy") Dillon, English literature...
Died. Carl Joseph Wilhelm Cuno, 56, managing director of Hamburg-American Line; of heart attack from overwork; in Hamburg, where he was Rotary Club president. As German Chancellor for nine months (1922-23) Dr. Cuno deliberately inflated the mark in an effort to force a Reparations moratorium from the Allies. Succeeded as Chancellor by the late, great Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Dr. Cuno rebuilt the Hamburg-American Line (stripped by the Allies down to 4.000 tons in 1918) up to its present 1.087,175 tons...
...Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, et al. He charged that their Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing was drawn from his U.S.A. With Music. Commented Judge Woolsey: "In this case, as is usual in plagiarism cases, obscurity is taking a long shot at success. Having failed to reach his mark, the plaintiff must be made to pay for the expense to which he has put the defendants. ... I am faced with page after page of alleged parallelisms of phraseology. Obviously, the plaintiff cannot claim a copyright on words in the dictionary, such as names of seasons...
...principal argument for buying a certain article, the impression is created that, aside from patriotism, the article is not the "best buy." Many of the stamp-canceling machines in British postoffices which brand envelopes with "Buy British" were made in the U. S. -On grounds of patent and trade mark infringement General Electric Co. obtained an injunction in San Francisco last week, restraining Heyman & Co. from importing Japanese electric light bulbs, announced that it planned similar action against other importers...