Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tire tycoons the most vigorous in fighting Britain's price raising scheme has been famed Harvey S. Firestone, who has established his own rubber plantations in Liberia (TIME, Dec. 20, 1926). Said he, last week: "Britain no longer controls the world rubber supply. . . . This means that the motorists will eventually save millions...
...must not be supposed that the International Missionary Council was attended only by male persons. Women came too, and, as is usually the case when women find themselves in surroundings conducive to discussion, they talked about themselves, about woman's place in the scheme of things...
...money actually was not rightfully his in the first place. Then such a repayment would not effectively wash the stain from the Republican robe of state. Now, with the suggestion that Mr. Borah donate the sum already gathered to the needy miners of Pennsylvania, the original purpose of the scheme has come to naught. The secondary result which the "Nation" hints at still remains nevertheless. Mr. Borah, though the possibility of his ever attaining to the Presidency through such a stroke is most improbable, has yet brought himself into the public eye in a way that many of the more...
...head; 2) The Caucasian manganese concessions let to W. A. Harriman and associates of Manhattan; and 3) the Lena Goldfields concession, granted to Britons. Generally speaking, Mr. Lee appears to mistrust the good faith of the Soviet Government in connection with the recently defunct Mologoles concessions and the Harriman scheme which is now going forward under a completely revised contract "far more favorable to Mr. Harriman...
Higher and higher has led the trail of corruption originating in the Senatorial investigation into the Teapot Dome scandal. As Professor Hart pointed out in his interview in yesterday's Crimson, the collaboration of prominent men was necessary to the scheme, and the searchers finally reached the summit when Senator Nye, chairman of the committee, announced that the estate of the late Warren G. Harding would be investigated for traces of the missing Continental Oil Company bonds which were part of Sinclair's contribution to the campaign fund. The fact that a president of the United States should be suspected...