Word: patently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Before the Reichstag went Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, President-elect of Germany, dressed in frock coat, black satin tie, patent leather shoes-a civilian, but one who looked a soldier from toes to hair. His entrance was greeted by shouts from the Communists, but the old soldier seemed not to be aware of their existence. He then subscribed to the oath of office...
...ever a man were persecuted in an enlightened age of justice, Senator Wheeler is that man. When the leader of the Senate probe of the alleged corruption of the Department of Justice was first named in a federal indictment in his home state, it seemed outrageously patent to most people that the district attorney was not serving the simple ends of justice but following the dictates of a higher authority, seeking revenge. The Borah investigating committee cleared Senator Wheeler of the charges against him, but such an acquittal did not satisfy this higher power. The persecution continued,--this time...
...Elliott headquarters hastened the reporter. In his mind burned a vision of inextinguishable deviltry-pirates, in look-me-over clothes and patent leather pumps, dicing for stock certificates upon a keg of dynamite. Instead, he found the Elliott sales force met together for a sing-song and smoker. They were mostly young men, dapper but demure. A fake, the Phonofilm Corporation? Why, they told the reporter, President Coolidge himself knew of it. Sure enough, the investigator beheld a phonofilm of the sharp-faced President, on the White House lawn, reading a speech...
...machine with some changes was flown at Hammondsport on Lake Keuka, N. Y. It is difficult to determine what exactly the changes were. But Mr. Wright resents the fact that the Smithsonian allowed Langley's precious model to be used for "the purpose of private parties to a patent litigation." And he also resents the card in the Smithsonian attached to the Langley plane- This is the first airplane capable of flight...
Assets include real estate valued at $112,030,755, machinery and equip- ment at $115,089,863, cash (including notes, accounts receivable, securities' patent rights, etc.) at $300,275,847, goodwill at $20,517,985 and deferred charges at $1,455,082, or a total for assets of $644,624,468 (as against $568,101,639 a year...