Word: platee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ancient guild banners and their own goodwill; the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, before whom Mr. Coolidge went where they sat assembled in their newly dedicated home in Washington; the "Golden Rule Dinner" of the Near East Relief, at which Mr. Coolidge was guest of honor; the $100-a-plate dinner of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, the guests at which sat in Manhattan while Mr. Coolidge sat in his chair at Washington and let his voice be heard over a private telephone wire...
...problem essentially involves merging the older Eastern lines, par- ticularly between Chicago and the North Atlantic seaboard, into a few systems. Last spring, the Van Sweringens took time by the forelock, and by adding to their original Nickel Plate holdings the Hocking Valley, Erie, C. & O. and Pere Marquette, created the new Nickel Plate system (TIME, July...
...Central New Jersey and the Reading. But the energetic Van Sweringen brothers kept right on acquiring roads; their system lacked entry into Pittsburgh, and rumors became active in Wall Street that the Pittsburgh & W. Virginia, the Lackawanna and other roads might soon be added to the new Nickel Plate...
...swift throws rare sport to bat about. They crashed 13 of them safely, circulated freely on the bases. Freddy Lindstrom, 18-year-old Giant third baseman, gained loud applause by making four hits and numerous fielding demonstrations. Jack Bentley, Giant pitcher, propelled the ball as well from the plate as toward it, getting a home run with two men on base. Score: New York 6, Washington...
Among the prints are four impressions of Le Stryge one of which shows the uncompleted plate of the town of St. Jacques and the figure of the grotesque monster that has for centuries sat perched on the tower of the cathedral watching over Paris...