Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reform is needed in the backsliding cities of the United States. When Philadelphia was famous for the romance of its history, Washington for the splendor of its statesmen, Chicago for its stock yards, and Boston for its beans, some degree of urban pride was possible; but now with Philadelphia hailed for its underworld, Washington for its baseball team, Chicago for its murderers, and--worst of all--Boston for its cake eating, Civil Pride must hide its head beneath the ash heap. One can forgive the other cities but never Boston--just entitled The Greatest Cake Eating Center in the World...
...Griscom, one-time U. S. Ambassador at Rome; Dr. Joseph Collins, famed neurologist, author: The Doctor Looks at Literature ? (TIME, June 25, 1923) ; James Speyer, "international banker"; H. A. Cunard Cummins, British ex-Chargé des Archives at Mexico City (TIME, June 23) ; Jane Cowl, famed Juliet; Joseph Urban, famed scenic artist; Daniel E. Woodhull, President of the American Banknote Co.; Simon Guggenheim, President of the American Smelting & Refining Co.; Solomon R. Guggenheim, President of the Braden Copper Co.; Henri Bendel, famed milliner...
Statistics of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Manhattan, revealed a new low death rate for the first quarter of 1924 in the U. S. and Canada. In urban industrial populations the rate for the first three months in 1924 was 9.2 per 1,000 aged one year and over, compared with 9.7 per 1,000 for the same period in 1921 (previously the lowest rate). Marked improvement in mortality was found in diphtheria, scarlet fever, influenza, tuberculosis, diabetes, alcoholism. Concerning a 23% drop in the mortality rate from diabetes, a bulletin of the Company said: "Each additional month helps...
Besides Wald, the meeting's scheduled speakers were Richard Barnet, co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think-tank based in Washington; Alnita Bond, a field organizer for Local 1199, a hospital workers' union; and Hubert Jones, associate professor of Urban planning...
...performance. Bodanzky, conducting, was at his best, drawing out the full possibilities of the noble horn quartet in the overture and the brisk hunting choruses. Elizabeth Rethberg as Agatha swooned deliciously in her famous Prayer, and the incantations were made trebly hair-haising by being set amidst Josef Urban's haunting stage-sets. An added item was the immortal Invitation to the Walts, interpreted by the nimble-toed Rosina Galli...