Word: exaction
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...have a rendezvous with Death and then was killed in action with the French Foreign Legion, his family and the last soldier to see him alive, George Delpeuch of New York City, prepared to go out from Paris to plant a cross on the exact spot of his "rendezvous...
Died. Col. Michael Friedsam, president of B. Altman & Co. (Manhattan department store), art collector, philanthropist; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Born in Manhattan some 70 years ago (not even his friends knew his exact age), son of Collector of Internal Revenue Morris Friedsam, he entered at 17 the employ of his cousin Benjamin Altman. In 1913, at Mr. Altman's death, he became president of the store and of the Altman Foundation (philanthropic). His military title was earned as Quartermaster-General of the New York National Guard during the War. His $10,000,000 art collection he bequeathed...
...little office in the top of the Hotel des Invalides covering long sheets of foolscap with his precise schoolmaster's handwriting. He was writing his memoirs. Historians and editors who hoped that these piles of paper might help solve the problem of War Guilt, define the exact value of U. S. troops in the victory, state the real contribution of the Commander-in-Chief, chafed at the thought that by the cautious Marshal's wish the book was not to be published until ten years after his death. That wish was not fulfilled. Following the death of Clemenceau and Joffre...
...definite period of time. When Dr. Murphy washed the filtrate in several changes of water he found that the residue was much more active than the original filtrate. Plainly the wash water had carried away some cancer dampener, which might be used to cure the disease. What its exact nature is, or the mechanism of its production, or the biochemistry of its reaction, Dr. Murphy does not know exactly. Until he does, he will not experiment on humans...
...Exact details of the relationship between McTurnan and the central office have not yet been worked out. One of the chief objectives of the Harvard Placement Service, according to its director, J. F. Dwinell '02, should be to give work to seniors and alumni in all parts of the country. In New York City particularly, where it is estimated that over 8000 graduates make their home, more placements should be made than in any other place, but up to now the Cambridge office has had few business connections there. The New York representative in his college days was secretary...