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Word: similars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...effected brought $775,000 in lawyer fees). A persistent advocate of public control of pub lic utilities he has long fought on New York City's side of its subway fight and in 1926 he was Alfred Emanuel Smith's ad viser in blocking a private Power deal very similar to the one now effected by the House of Morgan. At present he is investigating for Governor Roosevelt in stances wherein municipalities are sup posed to have paid politicians too dearly for park and building sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC UTILITIES: Voice of Morgan | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...School of City Planning, the first in this country, has been opened at Harvard this fall, with the aid of the Rockefeller Foundation. The plans for the new School call for an organization similar to that of the School of Landscape Architecture and the School of Architecture, and the three will be housed in Robinson Hall and in the Old Fogg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CITY PLANNING SCHOOL OPENS THIS FALL WITH SEPARATE FACILITIES | 9/27/1929 | See Source »

...giant; they both weigh around 190 and stand approximately six feet tall, but what they lack in bulk they amply make up for in strength and stamina. In all these qualities the one is very nearly the exact counterpart of the other, a fact which makes their play very similar and renders it impossible to rate one above the other on merit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up By Time Out | 9/26/1929 | See Source »

...necessary that every field of concentration in college must have its elimentary course. Music 1a serves that purpose in music and it is only thanks to Mr. Piston's careful and interesting presentation of the material that it escapes being the frightful bore that German A. French 2, and similar courses are. For anyone who is really interested in music and who is willing to do a little, extra work this course should be skipped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONTINUED GUIDE HAS CRITICISM OF COURSES | 9/24/1929 | See Source »

...city pound manager put a cat into the asphyxial chamber with some dogs. The cat arched its back and spit for a fight. Its fur was bristling. .The manager slammed the chamber door and turned on the gas. The box exploded, injuring human attendants. Another explosion followed a similar experiment. Last week under the same circumstances there was a third explosion. Deduction: static electricity from the fighty cat's fur ignited the lethal gas. Authorities considered having the Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. perform further executions under contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cat Static | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

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