Word: primes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prime interest in the U. S. : the juvenile courts of New York City...
...entrance into the League-a record that won him the Nobel Peace prize in 1926 and which he topped off with the enthusiastic signing of the Kellogg anti-war pact. This exhausting series of international conferences brought him the warm personal friendship of French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, now Prime Minister of France. For five years Stresemann and Briand made a team that worked constantly, effectively for pan-European goodwill. Told of the death of his ruddy-faced teammate, rheumy Prime Minister Briand seemed heartbroken last week. Quickly he sent official messages of condolence to the German Embassy in Paris...
...When Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain arrived in Manhattan last week (see p. 27) the volley of cheering was not unanimous. For also in the city was Mme. Sayba Garzouzi, Egypt's only woman lawyer, now studying jurisprudence in the U. S. A big woman, born 31 years ago in Syria, she has the lavish figure and smooth skin which discriminating Egyptians are known to prefer. Her jet hair matches her darting eyes; her dimples make her laughter an asset of which any lawyer might well be proud. Self-taught in the four legal codes...
...maples of the sacred grove. A slender bamboo fence surrounded both old temple and new. Guards in medieval armor were stationed along the line with fire torches flaring against the evening sky. Another fence inside the old temple surrounded the mirror. Just outside this fence stood grizzled Yuko Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan, his Cabinet and members of the official party. Inside the fence in the temple stood Prince Kuni, Imperial Messenger, and the High Priest with his assistants. The High Priest read an address to the spirit of Amaterasu O-Mikami, informing her that her new home was ready...
...which is that present debenture holders will receive new debentures plus a bonus of common stock in the new company. Last week, after 84% of the debenture-holders and 80% of the stockholders approved the plan, Cuba Cane asked for a receiver as first step toward reorganization. A prime motive for proceeding through a receivership was suspected to be so that the remaining 16% of the debenture holders will be "frozen out," thereby prevented from disrupting plans by demanding payment Jan. 1. Although conditions have often seemed hopeless in the sugar industry, many a grower believes that the lowest point...