Word: suiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bank finally came into possession of the Earls of Jersey through two elopements. The tenth Earl of Westmoreland ran away with Banker Child's daughter, married at Gretna Green and inherited the bank. Their daughter followed suit by eloping with the young Earl of Jersey, and ever since the family has had a dominant interest in Child & Co. The eighth Earl of Jersey, who died last December, was its senior partner, and in accordance with his will the venerable institution will be absorbed by the larger private bank of Glyn, Mills...
...This garment, in fashion during the Civil War, was worn both day and evening, and is not to be mistaken for the Prince Albert which in turn is becoming extinct in favor of the business suit...
...precedent having been set, other corporations followed suit. Mr. Vanderlip has successfully resigned from the boards of the Union Pacific Railroad, the U. S. Rubber Co., Freeport Texas Co., and recently from the International Mercantile Marine Co. The Wall Street Journal suggested that Mr. Vanderlip is in a fair way to become "a man without a company...
...really deep diver must wear a metal helmet, and either a specially-built rigid suit or else get used to one or two atmospheres excess air pressure in his breathing supply. A heavy tire may need a pressure of 100 lbs, which is not quite seven atmospheres...
...meanness of the Senators' action is shown "by their distortion of Ambassador Hanihara's words to suit their own purposes. The Americans declare that the yellow and other dark races are not entitled to consideration as human beings, since they do not belong to the Caucasian or Negro race...