Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...positive value in get-togethers of this type is accepted rather more restrainedly now than it was just after the war, during the blanket enthusiasm for every sort of co-operation from the Farmers' Milk Exchange to the Melting Pot. Certainly there is pleasure and prestige to be had through such associations as the National Student Federation; the profit derived therefrom must be a general and genial entity. Without executive power, which no one desires to grant it, the recommendations of the organization through its committees remain merely advisory and the whole advantage of the discussions boils down...
...these little points Editor Renaud was sharp in retort. "It's absurd to think I have any religious prejudice. I have none. I was bred a Unitarian, but belong to no church. As for the Germans, yes, during the war I was against Germany. I was a loyal American. But since then I've held no animus. And I did vote for Hoover. But if Mr. Pulitzer were hiring a managing editor on account of his vote, I expect he wouldn't have hired...
During the Civil War the independent attitude of the Eagle resulted in its suspension for a period by the Union authorities...
...Lines, this constituted a declaration of war. "Unwarranted intrusion!" cried President Franklin D. Mooney of the Ward Line. Vowed Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the Shipping Board: "The service of the President Roosevelt will be continued as long as that of the Caronia." Switching from ethics to economics, the Ward Line began a price-cutting struggle. Already 10% lower than the Caronia's schedule, first-class fares were slashed 25% more, to $120, round trip. The United Fruit Co., operating four ships, and the Munson Line, planning only one winter trip, followed suit. Cunard rates remained...
...Lewis L. Strauss, 32, came partnerships in the great Manhattan banking house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Partner Wiseman rose to fame as Chief of the British Intelligence Service in the U. S. from 1916 to 1919. Partner Strauss was confidential secretary to President-Elect Hoover during the war. Partner Bovenizer, with Kuhn, Loeb since 1897, has been manager of the bond and syndicate departments...