Word: seven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...England touching on their new, secret naval agreement. ¶. William J. Donovan, assistant to Attorney General Sargent, went respectfully to the President to announce that he had persuaded Dutch, British and other monopolists of quinine not to restrain their U. S. trade (see p. 39). ¶ Rob Roy, seven, President Coolidge's white collie, and personal pet, died in Walter Reed hospital. Prudence Prim, Rob Roy's companion, died last summer in the Black Hills...
...record of the last seven and a half years is as well-known to the Republican candidate for President as to any other man in the United States. Nobody will deny that. Mr. Hoover sat in the Cabinet for seven and a half years, yet I search in vain for any word from him of protest, of condemnation or of repudiation of this black chapter in his party's history. On the contrary, in the face of that record, in his speech of acceptance he said...
...record of these seven and one half years constitutes a period of rare courage and leadership and constructive action. Never has a political party been able to look back upon a similar period with more satisfaction...
Banking houses in seven great centres of finance interchanged telephone calls, cable messages. In Manhattan, the house of Lee, Higginson & Co. knew what associated houses were doing in London, in Berlin, in Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium. At a given moment, last week, the seven groups acted together, announced a Swedish financing deal...
Among other things, the "seven best" above are NOT the seven best sellers. They are, instead the seven best in our judgment. In picking records, a buyer will buy from his first impressions. The above list is picked from having heard them some forty or fifty times. Anyone will tire of some records sooner than others-For example, JUST IMAGINE belongs in the second class, NAGASAKI in the first. The Music...