Word: minority
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hulking railroad sheik. Punished once for snatching kisses, this sheik chooses a stormy night for his revenge. Runaway freight cars endanger the Limited, occupy the signalman, give time for the resheiking of the signalman's brave wife. The wreck is a weak fake, but fighting, business, and minor characters all swell the picture's score...
Last week, irate, the Spaniards stormed the various native strongholds with much ferocity. They Suffered minor defeats but the situation was said to be "generally improved...
...forecasting of future business conditions, there are major and minor prophets. Arthur Reynolds, President of the Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago, is one of the major prophets. Very rarely has he made specific and unequivocal predictions in the past, but when he has, his prophecies have almost invariably come true...
...made American . . . formerly a letter-carrier in Canton, O., the home of President McKinley. . . . He counted the late 'Chief Executive among his friends. When Mr. McKinley went to the White House he made a place for Mr. Price in the Post Office Department. While filling this position (a minor one) Mr. Price studied law at Georgetown University, and later took up the practice of his profession in his native state." He has just completed his second full term as Attorney General for Ohio...
...refunded at lower interest rates by the railroads and were, therefore, paid off or purchased, and instead of a net cash outgo in the railroad account there was a net cash income, making a difference of some $120,000,000 over the earlier estimate. The above, with some other minor items, gave a net increase of actual overestimated surplus...