Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fashion nowadays for pretty musical comedy stars to step overnight into grand opera. Mary Lewis made it. So did Grace Moore. But the feat was never attempted by a cinemactress until last week when honors were awarded to Hope Hampton for her début as Manon with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company...
President Hernando Siles of Bolivia took step after step toward war, last week, while his Foreign Minister, Tomas Manuel Elio, kept the cables hot with peace talk...
...side door, a short grey-haired man in a sack suit, the delegates rose and applauded. He smiled, said nothing, took a seat near Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Later in the sessions, when Col. Lindbergh was summoned to accept the bronze Clifford Harmon trophy, he was obliged to step over Mr. Wright's feet. Nothing was said. A moment later, Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken called Mr. Wright to join Col. Lindbergh in the presentation. The young man, 26, who flew to world admiration, waited for the elderly one, 56, who flew to the world's skepticism...
...Shredded Wheat had progressed from a Nebraska hotel to a Worcester factory; the next step was the move to Niagara Falls. This transition resulted from the enterprise of William B. Rankine, who had built power houses on the Niagara River but had no factories to utilize the power of the Falls. Mr. Rankine visited Mr. Perky, persuaded him to move to Niagara. Here Mr. Perky built a two million dollar plant, which, however, got him into financial difficulties. Thereupon Mr. Rankine interested various capitalists from New York City, Buffalo and Niagara Falls in the formation of a ten million dollar...
...proposed four story structure, according to an announcement given out this morning by W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. Eager to avail themselves of the money now on hand, and prompted by the pressing need for better facilities for indoor sports, the authorities have decided to take this step toward replacing the antiquated Hemenway Gymnasium...