Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through a pair of violently rose colored glasses. He is not guileless nor is he innocent of the devious ways of the Loop. One might say of him as has been said of Jack London--he was a man, thus leaving gradations of value quite unnoticed. At any rate he has managed to gather enough votes to come through the winner. Congratulations are in order for him, for the Illinois underworld--in fact for everybody but the people of Chicago...
...rate, the lecture on European Judicial Supremacy ought not to prove unworthy of respectful attention...
...CRIMSON cannot too strongly urge, however, that the building be limited at least to four stories. Just as a matter of architectural propriety it is as hard to make an eight story colonial as it is to rate Memorial Hall gothic. Furthermore, the tower of St. Paul's Church is too fine a sight to be obscsared by any building, however lovely...
...President of the Federal Council of Churches carries weight as a Protestant spokesman. Dr. Cadman's endorsement made many wonder whether the seeds of Christianity are falling upon such stony ground that all the magic of modern publicity is required to make them germinate. At any rate it was certain that Miss Utley's promised "kick" set many to examining the rhythmical prose of ECCLESIASTES. Its philosophy falls strangely on U. S. ears...
Famous Players-Lasky. President Adolph Zukor last week announced that the company's 1926 net profits were $5,600,815. The Paramount Theatre, Manhattan, has been taking in an average of $75,000 weekly; is earning money at the rate of $1,000,000 a year. Less gorgeous are more than 550 other "Publix" theatres owned and controlled by the corporation, and earning profits. This year Beau Geste, Old Ironsides, Wedding March, Wings, Rough Riders and The Greatest Show on Earth, all Famous Players-Lasky productions, will tour the country as though they were plays on the legitimate stage...