Word: poole
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Aged 54 years, 6 ft. 3 in. tall, a man of strong and striking demeanor, Tycoon Dillingham has five homes on Oahu: 1) a copy of a Medici palace with open court; and pool on Diamond Head; 2) A copy of a Japanese home which was brought overseas piece by piece, including rocks and moss for decoration, at Waikiki; 3) A mountain home high up on the Punchbowl; 4) A cottage at Pearl Harbor, for sailing; 5) A million-dollar ranch for fine; horses and huge houseparties. So open-handed...
...process, and Gasoline Products Corp. the Cross process. Other processes followed and the petroleum industry found itself in the midst of patent infringement litigation featured 'by a Texas v. Standard of Indiana suit. Therefore Standard of Indiana, Standard of New Jersey, Texas Co. and Gas Products formed a pool, commonly known as the Patent Club. In order to use any of the four basic cracking processes, independents had to get licenses from and pay royalties to the pool members. The U. S. government turned a suspicious eye toward the pool and its activities. In 1924, anti-trust proceedings were...
...thundering herd effect which would have gladdened any cinemactor's heart. The lightning flashed. The thunder banged. The cowboys whooped. The horses, led by a black mustang stallion, galloped. Gumbo mud spattered. Arrived at the camp the horses, thoroughly out of control, splashed through the shallow water-pool, soon left wet and weary horse catchers far behind. "It's a part of the game," said Catcher Skelton...
...there was "food for thought" in the suggestion that utility propaganda bureaus be discontinued, added, however, that it was vitally important that the "youth of the land" should be allowed to "drink from the running stream of current facts [concerning power and public utilities] rather than from the stagnant pool of wornout ideas, pools poisoned ... by the sophistries of discredited theorists...
...offered all Faculty members and their guests, according to Professor Grandgent, during the period when the new construction prevents the use of the present property. Upon payment of the sum of $10.00 all Faculty members will be entitled to the full use of the Union with its pool rooms, barber shop, library and living room as well as entertainment while the two rooms reserved this year for the Colonial Club will continue to be set aside for their exclusive use next year...