Word: reference
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...your Jan. 11 issue, on p. 27, in a footnote, you refer to Clarence Dillon as the builder of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. This is not correct. A few years ago the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. purchased the assets of the Steel & Tube Co. of America, in which a syndicate managed by Dillon, Read & Co. owned a controlling common stock interest. That is all. The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. was founded in 1901 and owes its present preeminence to its President, James A. Campbell and his associates...
Next day Il Benito ascended the tribune again: "The Aventine Opposition has dared to refer to Fascismo as a myth. They have dared to call me Mitra, after the Persian god of light, who is usually represented as seated upon a bull, into which he plunges a sacrificial knife...
Dubuque, Ia., is a metropolis which has long been held up to derision by popular sophists. Because the erratic spelling and dubious pronunciation of the name make it seem to suggest provinciality, the smart Alecs of city journalism refer to ituque came, at a single bound, to long-merited renown...
...Revolutions." "Spain is the most peaceful country that I have ever seen, notwithstanding the alarming reports that have been sent out from there. The whole trouble has been in the use of one word. In Spanish they refer to a change of government as a 'revolution,' and of course our people think that means turmoil and trouble. As a matter of fact, their 'revolutions' are nothing more than the ordinary changes of government in England and France...
...defense summed up: "I do not hesitate to refer to my client as one of the greatest criminologists in England. . . . It is well known that he was chiefly instrumental in securing the conviction of Sir Roger Casement (TIME, Dec. 28). . . . He is a son of the late Archbishop of York. . . . It is inconceivable that a man in Sir Basil's position and with his repuation and knowledge of the world could possibly find himself seated before a court on such a charge...