Word: astonishment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...modifications, for plane-power or other drive.* Several manufacturers have been experimenting with diesel modifications for aircraft. Some of their representatives were at Langley Field last week, attending the fourth annual Engineering Research Conference conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (initiated by President Wilson). It was to astonish their peers that Packard Engineers Woolson and Lees had flown the 650 wind-jostled miles from Detroit. It was to frustrate competitive inquisitiveness that they hooded their motor...
...sheep herder is Pietro Cardinal Gasparri. This priest of strong and massive build can charm a Principessa with his wit, astonish a jurist by his profundity in canon law (which he has codi-fied), or paralyze a nervous opponent by the piercing glance of his large eyes, peering from beneath abnormally heavy, Mephistophelian eyebrows (see cut). Cardinal Gasparri has been Papal Secretary of State for 14 years, twice the length of the tenure of any Prime Minister in Europe. Last week he rose to the grand climax of his career by signing a document which liberates Pope Pius XI from...
...Constitution. In spite of the injudicious administration, which has resulted in an orgy of lawbreaking, of self-indulgence and ridicule on the part of the other one-third of our citizens, the foundation has been laid for a demonstration of race betterment and extension of life that will astonish the world...
James J. Walker, New York Mayor, continued last week to astonish and charm Europe by his appearance, his behavior, his conversation...
...will doubtless astonish you to know the actual volume of this waste. In the 13 weeks ending November 1 of this year the bogus set in the New York Times composing room totaled 708 pages, and the cost was $33,198.12. This indicates an annual waste in excess of $125,000 in one composing room. The annual total for all New York newspapers is estimated to be at least $1,000,000. I hesitate to think what future generations will think of a twentieth century society which permitted such a practice. I know of no waste chargeable against management which...