Word: tens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lawns and paths. He evinced a keen interest in the Fogg Museum, and also praised the Widener Library for the size and magnificence of its collection. It was the Business School, however, which most attracted M. Maurois' attention. Having been a wool manufacturer himself until he took up writing ten years ago, he could intimately appreciate the facilities offered at the splendid new Baker Foundation...
...father, rubbed his hands and looked on at the mischief of his own making. The 3,500 in the Auditorium took delight in Muzio's costumes, in the elaborate sets, in the new ballet with incidental dances by Vechslav Swoboda, in boxholder's emeralds, gowns. The ten million got little of the glamour, missed little of the fine, florid singing of the principals expertly transmitted...
...mountebanks and spiritualists caused fear and contempt of hypnotism in the U. S. and brought about its practical divorce from medicine. Almost anyone can hypnotize another person, if the other is willing. Skilled and tactful hypnotists can put nine out of ten subjects into that deep pseudo-sleep. (Hypnosis is closely related to but not the same as sleep.) Automatic handwriting, mediumistic speech and the like phenomena of spiritualism can be rationally explained as exhibits of hypnotism. Stage magicians put their victims through all sorts of antics for the laughter and admiration of audiences.** Consequently U. S. people, even though...
...canopy was thrown over the box and Houdini appeared outside. Sir Arthur made the remark that in the presence and hearing of about 300 magicians that Houdini had disintegrated his body, slipped through the keyhole or some cracks and then had reassembled himself, all in the space of about ten seconds. Such a statement is too ridiculous for even a schoolboy to make...
Foreign Loans. For the development of corporate and civic enterprises-largely waterpower, paper and cement activities-and to assist the stabilization of foreign currencies, U. S. bankers loaned to Europe and the Far East $1,318,700,000 for the ten months ending Oct. 31-more than was negotiated for the entire year of 1926. Wendell E. Thorne, financial expert of the Department of Commerce, who announced the total in Washington last week, forecasted that at the conclusion of this year U. S. loans abroad would aggregate $12,500,000,000. To Whom. To Germany was advanced...