Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...followed until the supply was exhausted. . . . Great was the President's annoyance at this exploitation of his name and position. Careful explanations emanated officially from the White House: President Hoover does not own a Wasco Fruit Ranch. He does own some stock in Pozo Products Co. which in turn controls the ranch. The use of his name was "positively unauthorized," "grossly misleading...
...Foreign Minister began to reply -softly at first-the excited Deputies seemed less than usually responsive to the persuasive cadence of his cello voice. If M. Briand was to turn the tide he must indeed surpass himself, and presently, magnificently...
...Other Fiske inventions include the naval telescope sight, now in worldwide use, radio control for steering ships, submarine detecting apparatus, many others, most of which he sold to private concerns, which in turn sold them to the government...
...Francisco's season began last fortnight, in San Mateo's cool Woodland Theatre. At eight Sunday concerts, five eminent conductors-Bernardino Molinari, Alfred Hertz, Eugene Goossens, Ernest Bloch, Bruno Walter-will in turn lead the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra...
...dripping fog the day after the Harvard-Yale crew race. During that thick night the Teragram missed the stern of Malabar VIII by a scant six feet. Then came clear weather, smooth sailing. Sachem and Nina, the first two yachts around Montauk Point, got the best wind after the turn. The Nina came in seven hours behind the Sachem, at night, but the Sachem had started at scratch because of her slight beam and because she carried no propeller. The Nina's time allowance was more than enough to put her ahead...