Word: polishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Josef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born in the Ukraine, the son of Polish parents. In his boyhood, he pointed out the Congo on the map and decided that it was the place he wanted to visit...
...while in America: "I'm not a literary man." Strangely enough, James Huneker got the same impression of him: "a man of the world, neither sailor nor novelist, just a simple-mannered gentleman whose welcome was sincere, whose glance was slightly veiled, far away at times, whose ways were Polish, French, anything but bluff or English or 'literary...
Colonel Merian C. Cooper, quondam U. S. War aviator, quondam Colonel in the Polish Air Service, quondam prisoner of war in Bolshevikland, now an explorer of note, had much to say upon the great oil fight which has sporadically raged in Persia under various guises for many a long year...
...weary of everlasting paper bills of doubtful value, but scarcely ready as yet to return to a pure gold standard. As a result, there is widespread demand for silver coins. Over 3,000,000 ounces of silver has been sold by American companies to Poland, to be coined into Polish token money. The German Government has under consideration a 30,000,000-ounce order for silver. Austria has resumed silver coinage at her own mint, and Russia is considering the coinage of silver money. Ultimately, too, it is likely that the British will increase the proportion of silver in their...
...Mauretania (Cunard)?Dr. Ladislas Wroblewski, Polish Minister...