Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other parts Mr. Clive met with varying support. Most notable was Miss Willard's interpretation of Mrs. Travers, the spy in the pay of Russia, and in many ways, hers was the most finished performance of any in the company. It may be said, however, that the charm and force of her acting would be enhanced rather than decreased, were she more economical in her gestures...
Preachers of the time found it most provoking and discouraging that men would study law (the classes of which met in the afternoon), for the sole purpose of sleeping in the morning...
Before the session was over two generalissimos of industry met in secret conclave. One was Judge Elbert H. Gary, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation; the other was Herr Hugo Stinnes...
...United States and a majority of the delegations were opposed to considering such a plan at the present Conference. U. S. Delegation. The American delegation headed by Henry P. Fletcher arrived at Valparaiso last Sunday morning, and left in the afternoon for Santiago. The delegates and their wives were met by many notables, including Senor Agustin Edwards, Chairman of the Chilean delegation and President of the Third Assembly of the League of Nations. Present. Eighteen nations are taking part in the Conference. Absentees are Mexico, Peru, Bolivia...
...This is a body blow, but the Stock Exchange will recover from it." Commenting upon the speed with which the authorities struck Piggly Wiggly from the Stock Exchange list, the latter authority also remarks, "Necessary discipline of the kind always suggests the query, exactly how such exigencies would be met, with Stock Exchange procedure either dictated by a political bureau on the Lockwood Committee's plan, or subject to that bureau's veto." Incidentally, the Lockwood bills here referred to, for the incorporation of the Stock Exchange and the licensing of stock brokers, perished by an overwhelming vote...