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Word: solely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Such observation was the sole question of Mr. Shearer's appointment. If Mr. Shearer, while in Geneva, twisted such limited employment into a broad commission to indulge in other activities, he did so without the knowledge of the New York Shipbuilding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Epic Lobby | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...activity of J. P. Morgan & Co. would not be difficult if the matter could be expressed in terms of Mr. Morgan personally exchanging bags of gold for turbines and transmission systems. Unfortunately, however, the utility field does not lend itself to such simplification. The House of Morgan is not sole owner of any of the utility companies in which it is interested; its holdings are usually no more than a substantial minority, not including an operating control; and if it chooses to regard itself as investor in many companies but as manager of none, such a position would certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Morgan Power | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...three years Ernestine Schumann-Heink has been exceedingly busy bidding farewell to her public-concert, operatic, radio. Last spring, sailing for Europe, she announced herself as definitely "through." Teaching was to be her sole occupation. Last week she returned from Europe, limping down the gangplank on a sprained ankle, grinning her great grin. Yes, she told reporters, she was going West. Sound cinemas provided another way for great singers to sing. Three companies had made her offers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Again Schumann-Heink | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

This leaves the Student Advisors with the sole task of orienting the Freshman with his new surroundings, and assisting him in such social difficulties as he may encounter at the beginning of the term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT ADVISORS WILL ASSIST FIRST YEAR MEN | 9/20/1929 | See Source »

...ruled that the school was not a corporation entitled to "personal service classification." The higher court ruled that because of the "close personal contact between the teacher and the taught," the school's "money income must be ascribed to the activities of the Misses Howland and Brownell, its sole stockholders, for without these two women's daily, personal work, the school would simply shrivel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teacher Tax Exemptions | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

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