Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wilson's Birthday, Dec. 28), eulogized the War President, made no award of Foundation funds for distinguished 1928 achievement in "meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thoughts, or peace through justice." Wilsonians found no outstanding merit in the Kellogg-Briand peace plan, which they termed "a weak thing . . . timid imitation . . . mere shadow of Wilson's great conception...
During his Great Western period Mr. Chrysler lived in Oelwein, Iowa. His mechanical curiosity was aroused by the two or three horseless thing-a-ma-jigs that sometimes moved through the streets, especially on Sundays, chugging and snorting and kicking up dust with a maximum of noise and a minimum of grace. They were called "automobiles" and Oelwein's farmers agreed contemptuously with turn-of-the-century cartoonists that the only difference between an automobilist and a dum-fool was that the dumfool was prob'ly born that way and couldn't help it. Engineer Chrysler gave...
Into the three years, 1920-1923, Chrysler packed a decade's experience of the one thing he thus far lacked-automotive finance. He overhauled the Willys-Overland company from hubcaps to stockholders and, in the midst of that task, undertook the same job for Maxwell. After cutting the Willys-Overland debt from 46 millions to 18, he gave Maxwell his whole attention. The Maxwell-Chalmers merger was one step and then the Chrysler Corporation took shape...
...When the thing had been neatly and swiftly done, Il Duce was-and is-: 1) Minister of Foreign Affairs; 2) Interior; 3) War; 4) Navy; 5) Air; 6) Corporations; and 7) Colonies. Since the Dictator has held the first six of these portfolios for many a month (TIME, June 16), he really did no more last, week than snatch for himself the Ministry of Colonies. Thus he became a One Man Majority of 7/13ths. Additionally, of course, Signor Mussolini is Head of the State (Il Capo), Leader of the Fascist Party (Il Duce), Prime Minister, and Chairman...
...Tsar Nicholas the Last-from wearing whenever he chooses a red boutonniere. Thus last week His Imperial Highness, who is now lecture-touring U. S. cities, received smart Manhattanites in his suite at the Hotel Ritz with a blood-red rosebud peeping from his buttonhole. The thing was urbanely and genuinely done. "I am of no party," smiled the Grand Duke, and presently charmed his guests by chatting not only of himself and Russia but about the two other Romanov grand dukes who were most in the public eye, last week: 1) The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, onetime Commander...