Word: star
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Garvey was the leader of this movement; he possessed great ambition; at the height of his power his organization (The International Negro Improvement Association) numbered 4,000,000 members; lie was President of the Black Star Line Company, which aimed to run ships to Africa and the West Indies from America; his career led him to great power, which he preferred to exercise for his own aggrandizement, and thus defrauded and discredited the legitimate activities of the people he pretended to serve...
Apparently, the second feature of the program, the triangular shipping line, was the real aim of Garvey. A first shipping venture had failed. He proceeded to use the Association to peddle 2,000,000 shares (for sale to Negroes only) of the Black Star Line, which was organized with $10,000,000 capital...
...Pops" at 8.15 o'clock tonight in Symphony Hall is as follows: 1. Overture to "Fra Diavolo" Auber 2. Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier" R. Strauss 3. March of the Little lead Soldiers Pierne 4. Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Boredin 5. Overture Solennelle, "1812" :Tachailkovsky 6. Song to the Evening Star Wagner 7. "A Kiss in the Dar," from "Orange Blossoms" Herbert 8. Rondo Capriccioso Mendelssohr, Jacchia 9. Fantasia, 'La Travinta" Verdi 10. Largo Handel(Solo Violin, Harp, Strings and Organ. 11. March, "Washington Post" Sousa
Moore of Medford, gathering 10 points for his team in the broad jump and 100-yard dash, was the high scorer and individual star of the meet. His mark of 22 feet 2 1-2 inches in the broad jump adds a foot to the record he made last year, while his 10 2-5 seconds time in the dash ties the record which he holds jointly with his teammate Jaffrey. Moody, also of Medford, set up a new high jumping mark of 4 feet 9 9-16 inches, adding 2 5-16 inches to the record he established last...
...celebration for which the Council refused to provide the desired funds could hardly be called a spontaneous product of the people. The mayor solicited contributions and placed the orders: his right to be the star in his own show is undeniable. He waited with approved technique to make his impressive entrance after the chorus had done admiring the new house. A fanfare of bugles was a most fitting announcement of this "greatest" of mayors and most appropriate was the brass-buttoned band of policemen playing "Hall to the chief". His opening speech so stirred the Police Glee Club that they...