Word: soon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Singing came into line naturally then; Robeson's voice had always been splendidly full and smooth, contributing immeasurably to the power of his speaking performances. In 1925, with Negro Pianist Lawrence Brown, he gave his first recital of spirituals-another success. Soon after he went abroad...
...Even the biggest and most secure branches, such as General Electric, American Telephone &Telegraph, United States Steel, constituted inflated currency when their securities stood at 403, 310 and 261 respectively. So long as the depositors did not begin to brood over this inflation, no harm was done. But so soon as the lines started forming at the paying teller's window, the Crash was inevitably swift...
...That the constructive wizardry of Herbert Hoover ("great engineering works") might soon be exhibited to a waiting and ready people...
...Soon back to Rome flashed news that the assembled cardinals, archbishops and bishops, representatives of the U. S. Hierarchy of Roman Catholicism, 57 strong, had voted to send the Pope a gift of $50,000. Suggester of the gift: George William Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. Its significance: a tribute on the 50th anniversary of Achille Ratti's priesthood...
...because she was a Christian and lived as God wanted her to. We said grace at each meal. At breakfast one morning the idea occurred to me to kill her for fear she might stray from the Christian life. This plan was strengthened by the fact that I soon lost my job and was unable to care...