Word: round
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...secluded and exotic Chinese garden in the village of Tongka, not far from Canton. The lord of the garden and of the village-a model village-is the venerable Tang Shao-yi, perhaps the last great statesman of the fallen Manchu Regime to survive in dignity and honor. Round his placid head the nasty rumors and insinuations buzzed. Soon...
...Prime Ministry since the last election and was thought last week to be in danger of losing his seat as a Deputy. In the nick of time there arrived to bolster up his candidacy the two least likely persons imaginable: Dieudonné Costes and Joseph Lebrix, famed 'round-the-world aviators (TIME, April...
Dirigibles are at least five times safer than airplanes, figure insurance underwriters. They charged Major James Fitzmaurice a 23% premium on his life policy when he began his transatlantic crossing, while 5% is all they charge to insure the dirigible R-100 for her round trip crossings from England to the U. S. and back next autumn...
...history of the Ritz Hotels in America is concerned less with César than with his ablest lieutenant, Albert Keller. Large, red, round and genial, Mr. Keller went to the London Ritz when it opened about 19 years ago. Before that he had worked in hotels all over Europe; had even at the very first been a kitchen apprentice in the National Hotel at Geneva, which is now the Palace of the League of Nations. He was made manager of the New York Ritz when it opened in 1910. Every since he has directed the policy of this hotel...
...members are starting a drive to round up some candidates for the clubs. Henry Pennypacker '88 also addressed the meeting and related some of the experiences he had on his trip to Hawaii...