Word: reached
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...telephone the bank, discover Miss T- has a $300 balance, apologize profusely and urge her to open a charge account. Graciously, she consents, moves on to another store to repeat the performance. But at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, before the array of checks can reach the bank, Miss T- withdraws her deposit, hastens home to you with her purchases and a tidy roll of bills. If you were generous, you might allow her a 25% commission on her earnings before speeding her to another city. This, as a matter of fact, is the exact "racket" with...
...deep hidden under the black-bakelite boudoir jars of Terri's "Exquisite Face Powder" one may find the name of Terence Ryan, its maker. And famed Madame Helena Rubinstein is also called Mrs. Edward Titus. Laden with scents and sounds of the Orient, her most esoteric triumphs reach Manhattan from no more distant point than her factory on Long Island...
Gesturing thus patriotically, Pilgrim Nobile and his crew turned back toward Spitsbergen. Nearly two months later, they were still trying to reach land. The Nobile affair, chronologically...
TIME'S distinguished list of subscribers no doubt find that it provides them with an excellent service. I discriminate against it as a member of the masses whom it seeks to reach...
...sailing beam to beam with the Atlantic. Passengers on liners peered at the horizon hoping to see a sail full of wind and salty adventure. Four little schooners-Mohawk, Niña, Pinta, Rofa-had set out from New York to Spain, a week before. They were expected to reach Santander at about the same time as the big ones. Little Niña, impish, came within seeing distance of the Cunarder Aquitania...