Word: southeastern
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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March 15-Men's southeastern championship; at St. Augustine...
March 15-Men's southeastern championship; at Palm Beach Tennis Club. Palm Beach...
Delhi, in southeastern New York, contains some 2,000 souls, is known as "The Village Beautiful" and its main street is concreted and curbed. It has six churches, and last week many of its churchgoers were proud. Reason: in one week two upright sons of Delhi had become newsworthy U. S. divines...
Grecian Restoration. In 1687, Turkish Janizaries, conquerors of southeastern Europe, were besieged at Athens by the Venetians. During the battle a great store of powder blew up inside the Parthenon, scattering columns, frieze and architraves. Townsfolk used blocks of Parthenon marble for doorsteps and pigpens. A hundred years ago Lord Elgin stole great masses of the sculpture for the British Museum in London, to save them from "local vandalism." Byron berated him. The Greek Government, belatedly renascent, is now reconstructing the torn Parthenon in the semblance of its periclean perfection...
...specializing in utilities. Other interests joining with the Bonbrights in the formation of Commonwealth & Southern included Electric Bond & Share, United Gas Improvement, Public Service Corp. of New Jersey. Commonwealth & Southern acquired stock in many utility companies but especially control (more than 96%) of Commonwealth Power, Penn Ohio Edison and Southeastern Power & Light, all holding companies with many operating subsidiaries...