Word: sphere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...LeGallienne, famed director of the New York Civic Repertory, figuratively tweaked the beard of the Admiral of the Boston Navy Yard. Although the Admiral is a willing sponsor of organizations charitable and organizations artistic, his patriotism made him blanch with horror at the thought of including within the sphere of art, that which the artist confessed to be Communistic...
...unemployment can be reduced normally by a revival of the basic industries. It has been urged that the Government should seek an opportunity for utilizing the national credit for stimulating general trade, and particularly in connection with assisting toward rationalization. Such transactions are far better dealt with in the sphere of regular business than by direct intervention of the state...
Other subsidiaries of International Paper & Power are New England Power Co. and several similar public utilities operating within the sphere of influence of the Herald and Traveler. I. P. & P. is primarily a power combine nowadays, affiliated through such men as it placed in charge of the Herald and Traveler with potent finance (Old Colony Trust Co., First National Bank, Harris Forbes & Co.), with potent industry (United Shoe Machinery Corp.), with potent traction interests (New York, New Haven & Hartford...
According to the unanimous verdict of the critics in east and west, north and south, Dayton must be satisfied with the second best in this sphere. For all have agreed that "in all America there exists no musical organization devoted to choral song quite comparable to the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn." For the evidence read the ravings of otherwise hardboiled critics in the enclosed folder...
Thus the Monsignor-Minister is a most interesting personage. His duties will cause him to move in three spheres, fortunately separate and distinct. In the sphere of the Pope temporal-that is to say on the streets of the Papal State, mingling with the temporal subjects of the Pope-he will move as a foreigner, a Jugoslav. In the sphere of the Pope spiritual he already has his being as a native. In the temporal sphere of King Alexander, he remains a loyal subject...