Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...advocates of this extension of the colossus of college sports into a season not its own, base their case on the arguments that spring football is harmless to the college at large, beneficial to those engaged, and a necessary measure to keep up with rival colleges. They naively point out that the members of the spring football squad obtain splendid exercise in the fresh air, and that they learn some of the fundamentals of the game, which make invaluable equipment for next fall. Great advantages are claimed for the keeping of men's minds on the all-important goal...
...Breaking Point. An often impressive transcription of Mary Roberts Rinehart's book and play about amnesia, though it will leave the average witness at times in the same mental haze as the hero. Matt Moore gives a convincing portrayal of the young man who kills a rival in a sordid brawl, forgets his past and achieves respectability, only to have the long arm of the law reach out to yank him back to degradation. Nita Naldi as the siren who twice tries to wreck him is too corpulent to vamp anyone but a Turkish sultan...
...Johnson's Dramatic Interlude The Story. Two rivals aspire for the hand of Rita Kilblaine, nee Majendie, beautiful young widow of an old roué. One of the rivals is Dan Haggerty, he-man from the flannel-shirted West. The other rival is one Captain Daingerfield, who, by way of contrast, is no wizard at business. In fact, his obliging old uncle has settled an allowance of $20,000 a year on him with the express stipulation that he is not to attempt any more business...
...Bank of the Manhattan Co. was chartered in 1799 through the efforts of Aaron Burr. Previous to that date, the N. Y. State Assembly had allowed only one bank to be created-the Bank of New York, sponsored by Alexander Hamilton. Burr wished to create a rival bank, but owing to political conditions he knew he could not get a charter directly. He accordingly organized the Manhattan Co., ostensibly to engage in supplying fresh water to New Yorkers. A "joker" in the company's charter, overlooked by the Assembly, permitted it to enter the banking business as a sideline...
Then in 1919-1921, the four big companies entered into cross-licensing agreements which had the effect of dividing up the infant radio business, soon destined to rival the automobile and cinema industries, and of shutting off potential competition. The A. T. & T. (controlling the common stock of the Western Electric) acquired the exclusive right to sell broadcasting transmission sets. The Radio Corporation got the right to operate trans-Atlantic radio stations and ship-to-shore communication, and to sell amateur receiving apparatus. The General Electric and the Westinghouse got the plum of manufacturing amateur receiving apparatus, 60% going...