Word: upping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"I am happy to be back and to see so many familiar faces again," he called. The cars moved on up the hill to the plump Norman tower of Windsor Castle.
At 5 :30 a. m. the sun was rising. Venus shone with especial brilliancy. At precisely that midhour the General woke up of his own accord. He felt refreshed, vigorous. As a revolutionary against Spain from 1895 to 1898 he had learned to sleep deeply in brief periods. He pattered...
William Edward Boeing, 47, founded Boeing and soon bought control of Pacific. He entered the transport business to make money out of mail, express and passenger carriage, but more especially to have sure buyers of the planes he was making at Seattle. He got into plane-making literally by accident...
Not indicated is the Transcontinental Air Transport system which is promised to go into effect this summer. T. A. T. is the hook-up of the Pennsylvania and Santa Fe railroads with planes. Passengers will take an overnight train from New York to Columbus, Ohio. Thence they will go by...
When Edison Electric Illuminating Co. was formed in 1884 to introduce electric lighting in New York City, young Banker Adams went on its board of directors as a matter of course. Equally as a matter of course he left it in 1889-when he entered a sphere of activity more...