Word: stones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Presbrey-Leland Studios Designers & Workers in Stone New York City...
After he recalled Henry Lewis Stimson from Manila in March to be his No. 1 Cabinet member, President Hoover searched the land for a suitable Governor General of the Philippines. The job pays well, $18,000 per year. It has served as a stepping stone to higher Federal office (William Howard Taft, Statesman Stimson). There were plenty of applicants...
...Congress must be obeyed," declared Justice McReynolds in rendering the majority opinion from which dissented Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Stone. Justice Butler, as a onetime railroad attorney, did not participate in the case. The Court's ruling set at naught the valuation placed by the I. C. C. on the O'Fallon, relieved the road of paying to the U. S. a share of its profits on that valuation and sent rail stocks jubilantly sky-rocketing in Wall Street. C. & O. spurted up 23 points...
...Sorbonne professor inspecting a cadaver whose clutching fingers showed the agony of his death. "This portion of the prison dates from the 12th Century, perhaps earlier." Skeletons sat upright against the dungeon wall. Some lay with heavy wooden collars about their necks, some were chained to blocks of stone...
...announcement of four nominee for the vice-presidency of the Harvard Union to succeed L. T. Grimm '29, present holder of the position, w made yesterday by W. S. Stone '26. to Graduate Manager of the Union. F. Brophy '30, R. H. Mackinnon R. S. Morison '30, and W. D. Vogel are the candidates for the office...