Word: backed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stimulati, and they have gone about it in such a way that Mr. Ziegfeld's male interludes are conspicuously unassuming in comparison. The bears rush in to start the ball rolling, and the debacle begins. One hundred million dollars are rushed to the scene and big business sits back to reassure the public that all is well. The next day, a record sale of sixteen million shares is recorded, and the journalists throw up their hands and begin to put their noses in the way of detecting a mouse...
Everybody except O'Connell, B. Ticknor and Gildea was out yesterday. The later two are expected back today while Dr. Richards has intimated that O'Connell will be in shape by Saturday. The former Exeter captain was still on crutches yesterday, however...
...rapid rise from comparative obscurity to Premier is doubtless the result of his refusal to support Poincare in 1928. He is probably not committed to the capital levy, and as leader of the Radical-Socialist party he has gained the long sought opportunity of the Left to get back into power...
...plea . . . that your feasting may be restricted . . . tempered by charity to the delighted victim of your generosity." As he prepared to sail from Quebec, to reach London as near as possible to the opening date of Parliament (Oct. 29), the tall, tousle-haired Scot could look back on such a triumph as no avowed champion of Labor ever enjoyed in the Americas before. Toronto. Red Indians liked to meet and barter on the site of Canada's second largest city, called it "Toronto" or "Place of Meeting." Here Laborite MacDonald met the American Federation of Labor...
Manhattan has a zoning law which stipulates that the sides of skyscrapers be set back at intervals, thus tapering the building towards the top to allow maximum light and air to the streets...