Word: suite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...placed in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, Washington, whither each State may send the images of its two most distinguished citizens after they have died.* Than the late, great La Follette, no noble Roman ever had a greater passion for justice or a greater vigor in its pur suit. His outward aspect, the material of sculpture, mirrored the temper of the man. He was compact, robust, wiry, alive with energy. His head was squarely, ruggedly shaped, with abundant hair swooping up in a reckless, leonine pompadour. He dressed with what Sculptor Davidson called "careless fastidiousness." Indicative of inward sensitiveness...
President Little thought that all students should be housed on the campus. Several thousand boarded at homes in Ann Arbor. Landladies, foreseeing a loss of income, threatened suit, charged profligacy, wrote irate letters to the Board of Regents. Next year, as Dr. Little planned, a huge women's dormitory will rise on the Michigan campus...
...withdrawal of the suit last week was a complete vindication of the domestic ethics and business practices of Mrs. Wyckoff...
...Memphis, in addition to denouncing racketeering (another organization, the National Alliance of Wholesale Cleaners and Dyers has also been active in the fight on rackets) also worried about price-cutting. Dry cleaning prices vary; in and around Manhattan there is a "standard" price of $1.50 for a man's suit. In many an eastern city there are also "Dollar Cleaners" operating at a $1 price. In the West and Southwest, however price-cutting has reached the slashing stage. There are places where one can have a suit cleaned for 35¢ and two suits cleaned for 36¢. "Regular" dry cleaners feel...
...manufacturer of perfumes in the world. Pierre Wertheimer, within the last few years, has given more and more interest to breeding race horses at his 14th century barony in the Gironde district, to hunting at his lodge 100 miles from Paris. Cinema. With $1,600 saved from the cloak & suit business William Fox bought his first theatre in 1904. Last week he called himself the world's largest operator of cinema houses. He cited figures. He had just added a new group of 40 independent theatres in and near Manhattan, with annual profits of $5,000,000, seating capacity...