Word: builder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philippines and Guam as imperial outposts, gave the U. S. a protectorate over Cuba. From the 1902 revolution in Panama the U. S. got land for the canal, laid the foundation for U. S. dominion over the Caribbean. Theodore Roosevelt, if not an imperialist, was a master empire-builder; he enlarged the Monroe Doctrine, took over the collection of the Dominican customs. The sphere of U. S. influence in the Caribbean widened; other powers were shut out as the U. S. undertook the job of policing this new domain. National defense dictated the purchase from Denmark of the Virgin Islands...
Every architect knows, and most of them admire, the strong, stark, massive group of reinforced concrete warehouses that form a good part of the Bush Terminal. The work of Architect William Higginson, they are praised, described in many a book on industrial architecture. Fittingly enough, last week Builder Bush was elected head of a committee to assist the City of New York in formulating a new building code. His colleagues number 220, chosen by the Merchants' Association of New York to represent the public in future hearings on the building code. A city within a city is Brooklyn's great...
...dinner party long enough to obtain jewels valued at $400,000 from assembled socialites. Mrs. Philip Metz, daughter of Norman Edward Mack. New York's Democratic National Committeeman, lost $60,000 worth. Mrs. Raymond Allen Van Clief was bereft of a $200,000 pearl necklace. Frank Burkett Baird, builder of the Peace Bridge between Buffalo and Canada, uncle of one of the 100 guests, offered a reward of $5,000 each for the robbers alive, $10,000 each dead. His explanation: "If authorities are forced to resort to gunfire then the reward should be greater...
...Besides the list above, Civic Repertory bills have included: La Locandiera (Goldoni); The Master Builder, Hedda Gabler, John Gabriel Borkman (Ibsen); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare); The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard (Tchekov); L'Invitation au Voyage (Bernard); A Sunny Morning, The Lady from Alfaqueque (the Quinteros...
Died. Alex S. D. Hill, 90, brother of the late great Railroader James Jerome ("Empire Builder") Hill; at Guelph...