Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...International Economic Conference sponsored by the League of Nations at Geneva (TIME, May 16) moved rapidly last week toward completing the reports of its three committees (Industry, Commerce, Agriculture), and prepared for a final plenary session at which the reports will be presented, read...
...With prospects of more than $4,000 raised toward the Warner Hill Educational Foundation, recently organized by the Judge W. H. Hill Bible Class of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, preparations to aid students through Methodist schools by means of repayable loans are scheduled to be completed this fall, it was announced by George E. Knott, president of the class of more than 250 men. The educational fund was instituted at the inspirational meeting held at the church recently...
...circled the city before recognizing the flying field at Le Bourget. Said he: "I appreciated the reception which had been prepared for me and had intended taxiing up to the front of the hangars, but no sooner had my plane touched the ground than a human sea swept toward it. I saw there was danger of killing people with my propeller and I quickly came to a stop...
...Italie," Poet D'Annunzio makes an impassioned gesture towards King Vittorio Emanuele. Mussolini is not present. Russia, Rumania and Japan are grouped together, a Bolshevik stealing toward them with a flaming brand...
...which people are accustomed to identify, if not to understand, other people. He remained a mystery to her. Nagel realized that it was impossible for her to penetrate the dark secrets of his mind. With the teeth of despair already in his heart, he began to see madness waddling toward him like an enormous lizard. "Then he made for the harbor at a run, the back of his waistcoat showing white as he ran. He was down on the quays, ran on to the farthest pier, and jumped straight into...