Word: worke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cartridge shells and rumors of a Polish accent. Professor Valdemaras was unhurt, carried his wounded little grandnephew into the theatre lobby, later sat by the dying child's bedside all night long. Early in the morning, the Professor-Prime Minister returned wearily to begin another day's work at the Foreign Office...
Fred Albert Shannon, for the best work on U. S. history (The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861- 65) received...
...Washington jail, Oilman Harry Sinclair had hoped to hear the Preakness results over the prison radio (see p. 12). But the radio would not work. He had to wait for the newspapers. When he read them he discovered that one of his horses, Patroness, had won a preliminary race...
Entrance of Mr. Ungerleider into the brokerage field in 1919 was prompted by some unfortunate experiences as an outside investor. During his early business career, Mr. Ungerleider had been a distiller, getting into the liquor business. When still a very young man, he went to work for a saloon keeper and in two years owned the saloon. Selling out his distillery business with the approach of prohibition (1919), Mr. Ungerleider tried to retire, found the burden of leisure too heavy to endure. He began to play the market and quickly discovered the expenses of that pastime. He soon decided that...
...great Ford plants are Albert Kahn's work. So are the buildings whence come Packards, whence Hudsons. For his design of Detroit's Fisher Building he was awarded the silver medal of the Architectural League. From princely fees he gives to charity a princely $75,000 a year...