Word: moving
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dark without stirring some people's suspicions. To dissipate suspicion, President Hoover, by executive order, last week, lifted the curtain of secrecy from the Treasury's income tax operations, sufficiently to reveal the important details of all tax refunds above $20,000. It was a move long demanded by progressives and Democrats in Congress and as long opposed by Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon. The White House ordered the new policy; the Treasury obediently executed...
...that the contest provides an interesting comparison of educational methods and results. Yale does not feel that any definite results can be determined. The omission of the contest from this year's program of news items for the profit of the press should turn out to be a wise move. --Yale News...
Harvard's move is an act of the highest courtesy. It should go a long way in cementing the already friendly relations that exist between the two institutions. We hope it will be appreciated as such by Dartmouth. --The Dartmouth...
...Last week, also, an increase of capital stock by $500,000,000 was planned by directors of mighty A. T. & T. Stockholders surmised that this move, like those of U. S. Steel and Anaconda, might lead to bond redemption. A. T. & T. will thus break one more world's record in size. It will be the first corporation with $2,000,000,000 capital...
Emmett Lawrence of Georgia could move marble statuary. And many a sculptor found it out. Frederick MacMonnies, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, George Grey Barnard-all employed Emmett Lawrence. They knew little about him, but it was enough. A tall, powerfully muscled Negro, his reputation spread slowly and mysteriously. He knew just what joists to build, what pressures to apply. With perhaps five or six assistants, he would work for hours over slow shifts and perilous easements. Emmett Lawrence eyed and estimated, gave the commands. Often night fell or rains came but there was no stopping. The placing...