Word: almost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Great was the tension in the Senate last week as that body approached a vote on the export debenture feature of its farm relief bill. Informal polls showed an almost even balance of sentiment for and against the proposal to allow, to farm surplus exporters, bounties equal to one-half the tariff rates on their commodities. There were 47 Senators opposed to debentures, 46 Senators in favor, one Senator undecided, one Senator sick and not yet sworn in. With the outcome so uncertain, Vice President Charles Curtis braced him self for the emergency of having to vote to break...
...from a carefully prepared sheet of paper, read Chairman John Jacob Raskob of the Democratic National Committee to a group of astonished newsgatherers. At the disclosure that the Democratic deficit had been almost cut in half in five months, despite the party's crushing defeat, news-trained noses quivered with interest...
After these words he gave a brief exposition of the proposed plan, and almost at once Japan's Kenjo Mori rose to voice warm approval. Previously extreme pessimism had been the attitude of the Japanese chief delegate (TIME, April 22, et seq.). Within a few moments it was evident that Britain's quiet Sir Josiah Stamp would back the Young Plan. Only the French and their Continental Allies looked glum...
...making his attack Simmons was anything but original for almost every day for the past few weeks there has been some similar outbreak. On the other hand his statement does come officially from the head of the largest security market in the world and shows clearly that the Federal Reserve Board has hard sledding ahead...
...With almost half its season completed the University baseball forces have amassed the unimpressive batting average of .267, more than 75 points below the corresponding mark of the 1928 nine...