Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...days after the great Dr. Hideyo Noguchi died in Africa (TIME, May 28) under the hot sun of northeastern Japan a woman was spading her wheat fields. Her hands were squarish; the palms rough, the backs faintly ridged with thin veins. Her face, rugged and serene, showed her 50 odd years...
Mergers. Memorable was the formation of the Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. in Chicago by the Continental National Bank & Trust Co. and the Illinois Merchants Trust Co. (see p. 38); the Commercial Investment Trust Corps' purchase of Peierls, Buhler & Co. (see p. 43), and the consolidation of two rough rolled glass makers-Highland Glass Co. at Washington, Pa., and the Western Glass Co. at Streator, Ill., Shirley, Ind., and Fullerton, Calif.-as the Highland-Western Glass Co., with $5,000,000 capital. The men who control both the United Light and Power Co. and the American Light and Traction...
Despite one-sided golf, the tournament entertained with extra curricula features. George Von Elm, of the U. S. squad, hooked a ball into the rough, came up to it, began to address the ball, was about to hit it when from the underbrush wriggled a snake. It disappeared...
...Rough. Weather: Stormy. Depth...
Gangsters and gunmen have names that describe their talents. The Rough Riders of Jack the Dropper, were led by Kid Dropper, so called because in the early days of his career, he often pounced on children pitching pennies, beat them to earth and seized their coins...