Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some excited citizens still put the issue to themselves in terms of the necessity of preserving Ethiopian independence at all costs, many a British citizen was commencing to ask himself last week why Ethiopia must be aided to remain savage and backward. Not entirely for fun London's august Times printed in full a very long letter from George Bernard Shaw. Excerpts...
Next year the 300th birthday celebration will be in full swing, with a Tercentenary Conference of Arts and Sciences scheduled for August 31 to September 12. At this Conference leading scholars of the world have been invited to deliver lectures and read papers in all fields of learning...
...What is the great new fact that has emerged since August? It is this-the League of Nations is alive! It is alive and in action! It is fighting for its life! It is practically fighting for all our lives...
...supply by a great deal and give up one of its essential functions in order to allow the election to take place. Therefore. I have long since come to the conclusion that you must rule out the spring and summer months because of financial business. You must rule out August and September because of the holidays. You are left autumn, but in no circumstances must you run into any interference with Christmas trade...
Fierce-Arrow is that rarity among corporations, a grass widow. It was married to Studebaker in 1928 but during Depression both parties might well have pleaded nonsupport. Divorce came in August 1933 when Studebaker receivers sold Fierce-Arrow to a group of Buffalo businessmen for $1,000,000. Nine-month sales in 1935 were 583, far behind the 1,399 sales for the same 1934 period...