Word: abandon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Finance Committee last week decided: 1) To abandon Senator Smoot's sliding sugar tariff because of its resemblance to price-fixing; 2) To triple the house-proposed duty on waste wool; 3) To reduce the duty on automobiles from...
...What a great thing it would be if we could persuade the nations of the world to abandon the submarine for warfare! I think it must be said to the credit of this country that such a proposal was made years ago by Britain, but it has not been possible to achieve international agreement on the matter...
Their mission: To defend or to abandon the 25% ad valorem tariff on imported automobiles, as specified in the tariff measure passed by the House of Representatives and now before the Senate. Their message: That the automotive industry would be well satisfied with a 10% duty. But countervailing duties* should be maintained and the 25% duty should remain on trucks, buses...
...Amanullah's wife, Queen Thuraya, lay, heavy and silent, in her deck chair. She had just borne another child (a daughter named India) at Bombay and looked more like a poor emigrant than an exiled queen. Amanullah complained of poverty, said he had only $30, had had to abandon his clothes when he fled from Kandahar, Afghanistan...
...Elkhart, Kan., the Singing Masters' Association convened for a "sing," tried to yodel, couldn't, was forced to abandon efforts for two hours. Cause: Too much fried chicken had been devoured prior to the songfest...