Word: noted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Note also that we have two different types of marble used in the interior construction of this building, domestic as well as foreign...
Although Harry Elkins Widener died when he was only 27 years old, he had a very fine collection of first editions and early manuscripts. His personal collection of books are in this Memorial Room, a collection of 3300. Of especial note is the famous Shakespeare folio. Also here is a book published by William Caxton in the latter part of 1494, together with quite a complete collection of first editions of Robert Louis Stevenson...
Britain. "When we consider Italy's sea-and colonial-frontiers we meet Britain. I have said: We meet Britain. I beg those who are about to translate or murder my speech to note the difference between meeting Britain and clashing with Britain. . . . Britain is really living in the past in her judgment of Italy. She has a picturesque conception of Italy-a picturesqueness I detest. . . . In view of our common interests in the Mediterranean I believe it is possible to find a middle ground...
...quality is the earnest brightness with which its British characters mimic American parts of speech. Though they are almost letter-perfect and have obviously been coached within an inch of their larynx, their "yeahs" and "flatfoots" and "old battle-axes" induce on the U. S. ear the same faint note of horror as a child's unmeaning blasphemy or an innocent lady's use of an unprintable word...
...annual report: "I am fearful that, in an effort to cure what might be termed sporadic evils, undue restraints are being placed upon normal, proper action, thus creating abnormal market conditions. Evidence accumulates that the quality of the market has been seriously affected. With muc concern I note the continuance of narrow, illiquid markets in which wide spreads between bid and asked quotations prevail and in which comparatively small volumes of buying or selling create undue fluctuations in prices. Almost daily, situations are called to my attention wherein it is impossible to buy or sell reasonable amounts of stock...