Word: progress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor General had said: "It is not within the province of the Governor General to determine the future relations of the inhabitants of these Islands to the United States . . . I lay particular stress upon industrial and economic progress." That seemed plain enough. It means that Col. Stimson would have little patience with Independence propagandists...
...London a conference was in progress, last week, between Governor of the Bank of France Émile Moreau and Governor of the Bank of England Montagu Norman. They were reported to be entertaining favorably proposals made at Paris by M. Titulescu which look toward the stabilization of the Rumanian leu by an international loan...
...certain instructor, irritated at the cautious progress and boasting manner of his flying pupil, decided to test the old swimming hole belief. They took off on an instruction flight in a machine with dual controls, one for the instructor and the other for the student...
...Durant blandly blamed his stockholders for his Durant Motors Inc. losing $3,618,649. Said he: "During the past few years, many of our stockholders have manifested a noticeable spirit of criticism because of the failure of your corporation to progress to the point of giving them a return upon their investment and for other reasons. This feeling of unfriendliness upon the part of stockholders has exerted a hampering influence in obtaining better distributors and dealers for our products. It has slowed up the sale of our cars, it has furnished the basis for the disparaging statements of outsiders...
...Unemployment and Industrial Progress," Professor Fairley, Emerson...