Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born in Liverpool, the Vesteys rank with Swift, Armour and Wilson in the world's meat trade. When British retailers would not buy frozen meat 25 years ago, the Vesteys set up their own shops which now number some 4,000. When they could not get refrigerated space on ships from South America, they bought their own vessels, founded their own Blue Star Line, Ltd. Famed is Lady Vestey, born Evelyn Brodstone of Superior, Neb. Farm-bred, she became stenographer to Baron Vestey, later a $250,000-a-year executive ("highest-salaried woman in the world...
...RECKONING-Leane Zugsmith- Smith & Haas ($2.50). As the Old Guard of U. S. novelists gradually dies or fades away without surrendering, new recruits are unostentatiously closing up gaps in the ranks. When the next dress parade is held, alert reviewers will see among the new faces that of Author Leane Zugsmith. Her fourth novel, The Reckoning, is a book of such competent maturity that it qualifies her automatically for a place in the second rank. In the regimental line her position is a little left of centre. Carolyn was a public-school teacher in a tough quarter of Manhattan. Intelligent...
...System of Government in Europe requires a close unity between the Executive Ministry and the Legislative body. The fall of the one means the fall of the other. But the American Constitution is based on the idea of a check by Congress on the Executive, both being coordinate in rank. The desirability of teamwork and harmony on legislative programs has come to be understood by the people as meaning cooperation in a broad sense so as to avoid tiresome delays and quibbling opposition. It remains to be seen, however, whether the people are ready to adopt the European idea...
...have American students take a similar part in political activities, lobbying and agitating on various issues. College men however, who are destined some day to take over the reins of government, may use their undergraduate days to far better advantage in sideline preparation on major problems than in front-rank agitation on minor questions that becloud...
...eight years fun-loving Prince George has held the humble rank of lieutenant in the British Navy. As a reward for good intentions and hard work the Admiralty last week sent him an extra gold stripe for his cuff, made him a Commander...