Word: membered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...official of my government or member of Parliament who is found in an intoxicated condition." thundered Nadir, "will be stripped of his rank and severely punished...
...reported some 9,000 earthquakes yearly. Died. Robert Forster Whitmer, 65, President of Central West Virginia & Southern R. R. of West Virginia; at Chestnut Hill, Pa. Died. Charles James McCarthy, 68, onetime (1918-21) Governor of Hawaii; at Honolulu; of cancer of the throat. In 1890 he became a member of the monarchical House of Nobles, was a staunch supporter of Queen Liliuokalani (deposed 1887). Died. Benjamin Franklin Yoakum, 70, longtime railroader, director of Seaboard Air Line, director and onetime President of St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.; in Manhattan; of heart failure. He was largely responsible for the irrigation...
...presence is instantly felt throughout the premises. He seldom leaves the office without a briefcase; usually works at home from dinner time to bed time; goes to sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. His only outside interest is hunting and fishing. He is an active member of a Canadian fishing camp and a hunt club in Georgia. Of his champion setter, Mary Blue, he is particularly proud. Mr. Teagle is one of the few Standard Oil men of whom Sir Henri Deterding approves and the two have hunted together on Sir Henri's estate in Scotland...
...Teagle) that young Walter Teagle in 1900 refused an instructorship at Cornell University, from which he had just been graduated. Then the Republic Oil Company absorbed Scofield, Schurmer & Teagle and Walter Teagle, at 23, became Republic's vice president. In 1903 he went to Standard of New Jersey, as member of its export department, was an important factor in building up the company's tremendous export field. When Standard was dissolved in 1911, Mr. Teagle (a vice president and a director at 33) became president of Imperial Oil, Ltd., then and now Standard's Canadian subsidiary. With the outbreak...
Sons o' Guns. Jack Donahue is an awkward member of the A. E. F. Lily Damita, cinema favorite, is a bonny barmaid he meets behind the lines. In a village painted by Joseph Urban, peopled with an Albertina Rasch peasant ballet, echoing with nice tunes, they enjoy the most amiable war on record...