Word: siberia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ballerinas who fetch the most applause are Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska and Irina Baronova, all in their teens. Toumanova, a dark-skinned Caucasian, was born on a train in Siberia as her parents were attempting to escape from the Revolution. At 7, in Paris, she was praised by Pavlova who gave her a bouquet; Toumanova still cherishes its withered leaves and dried-up blossoms...
Supine America needs to be reminded that it is only twenty miles across the Bering Straits from Red Siberia to Alaska. The young men of the country who some day will be called upon to defend the haven of liberty against the new Attila are asking little enough from an apparently ungrateful nation. Their demands must be met before it is too late...
...less than four presidents from outside. Most famed was Tom Mercer Girdler, now head of Republic Steel. It was during Mr. Girdler's term that Aliquippa became known to steelmen as the "perfect company town" and to labor agitators as the "Siberia of America." And it was under Mr. Girdler that J. & L.'s profits reached $20,800,000 in 1929. During Depression the company accumulated nearly $18,000,000 worth of deficits. Even under President Samuel E. Hackett, a master salesman, J. & L. lost a little money last year on total sales of $62,000,000. With...
Knowledge of the ether is expected to be greatly increased by the radio division of the Ak-Bulak eclipse expedition jointly sponsored by Harvard and M. I. T. that will sail on April 8 for Siberia to observe the phenomena which will be total on Friday, June...
Friday, June 19 will be like any other day in Cambridge, but not so in Ak-Bulak, Siberia, for to this little hamlet, 200 miles noth of the Caspian sea, scientific expeditions will come from all over the world to observe an eclipse of the sun. Harvard and M.I.T. are combining to send a joint expedition under the direction of Donald H. Menzel, associate professor of Astronomy...