Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus each of the merged corporations will retain its identity, good will, and hugely renowned good name. The good name of Wagons-Lits was assured from the first by that of its Belgian founder, M. Georges Nagelmackers of Brussels and Liege. He had visited the U. S. in the '60s and confessed himself "frappe" (struck) by "les services de wagons-lits" already operating there. Returning to Belgium, he enlisted the financial aid of such potent backers as the late King Leopold II (of Belgian Congo infamy) and founded the original Wagons-Lits firm in 1873. Previously he had begun...
...present majority coalition cabinet of Chancellor Dr. Wilhelm Marx. Previously the Nationalists had refused to enter any cabinet, since to do so would be to pocket their Monarchist leanings and definitely acknowledge the validity of the Republic. In one year much has changed. Today, the Nationalists chiefly desire to retain and exploit their position in the cabinet. But the cabinet shakes with conflict of other parties within the coalition. Therefore, again the goose quill...
Sirs: TIME is always interesting and provocative; more interesting and enjoyable than any previous issue was that of Jan. 16. The increase in size and the inclusion of a map make TIME more readable and intelligible. It is my hope that you will retain both features...
...succeeding years the loss is greatest, for there is none to play his special role. His old "boys", who number many of the leading writers in the country and not a few bank presidents, Government officials and great lawyers, will be glad to learn that he is to retain his rooms in Hollis Hall which they knew so well in their undergraduate days. There they will be sure to find him sitting, as usual, by the coal grate in his book-lined room to welcome them, ever interested, sympathetic and inspiriting...
...many a family will retain its comical pet, at once entertainer of children and purveyor to their thirsts. A healthy common nanny can produce 4 Ibs. of milk a day, or about 1,500 Ibs. a year. If she is a well-bred milker the year's tally may be around...