Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once safely installed in the President's Palace at Bogota, one of Senor Olaya's jobs was to take up what was known as the Barco oil concession, valued at $300,000,000 or more. This concession, con trolled by Gulf Oil Corp. which is largely owned by Secretary Mellon & Family, had been canceled by the Colombian Government in 1926. The State Department in 1928 gently pressed for its restoration...
...York. The hankers were not urged not to be "unduly technical." Mr. Schoepperle insisted that the Colombian budget had not been balanced as agreed and as for the Barco con cession, he did not "give a damn." On June 20, 1931 the Barco concession was restored to Gulf Oil Corp., to the large satisfaction of the State Department. On June 30 Mr. Schoepperle released the final $4,000,000 installment to Colombia, again to the large satisfaction of the State Department...
...prosecuting argument: Mr. Mellon is a heavy stockholder in Aluminum Co. of America; for it he had negotiated a business deal in 1925 with the late James B. Duke; ergo he is in trade. Gulf Oil Corp. owns seagoing tankers; Mr. Mellon is a large stockholder in Gulf Oil; et go he is an owner of sea vessels. Under him the Treasury has issued a publication called The Federal Architect which recommends the use of more aluminum in the current public buildings program, thus drumming up trade for Aluminum Co. He has caused "millions" of dollars in taxes...
...abrupt transition from secondary school to college has for many years constituted a serious problem. That drastic innovations in secondary school education were necessary to bridge the gulf was clearly apparent to the great educational figures of the day. Yet who would be willing to take the first step in a new and dangerous direction? The signal honor fell upon Exeter, when Edward S. Harkness, with superb generosity donated millions to the Academy last fall to inaugurate an entirely new era in secondary school education. The super-generous gift of Mr. Harkness was doubtless inspired by the feeling that...
...Breasted's Province. From the Persian Gulf up the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, then along the coast of the Mediterranean to Jerusalem lies a great "fertile crescent," skirting the Arabian Desert. By continuing the western tip of this crescent into Egypt to the equally fertile Nile basin, a 3,500-mi. semicircle can be drawn from the Persian Gulf to the upper reaches of the Nile. It is this semicircle that Dr. Breasted has chosen for his field. All along it his expeditions are camped. They include: Luxor, up the Nile, headquarters for all Egyptian explorations; Abydos...