Word: basely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...past eight years I have crossed this river almost twice daily, and have seen it sometimes as mudflats, sometimes brimming to the base of Cleopatra's Needle. The Thames is tidal to above London, and suicides' bodies are generally recovered miles downstream...
Sent from Villa Paz, Spain, the letter describes the reaction of the troops there to the ambulance: "Capable of carrying twenty wounded from an operating front to first base hospitals, it has been a welcome sight to our troops...
Slim Curtiss, with a year's seasoning, will doubtlessly become a regular starter, while Dave Shean may be again shifted from third base or the outfield for service on the mound...
...together the two planes, all eight engines (5,200 h.p.) roaring, take off. In command is the pilot of Maia, connected by telephone with the pilot of Mercury. On signal both pilots unlock the elaborate hooking device-Mercury soars off with its half-ton load; Maia returns to its base...
Leaving it to Congress to argue the repeal of the undistributed profits tax, a balanced budget, the broadening of the income tax base, citizens should consider the conference's recommendation for a permanent organization of little business to deal with the government and should compare the desires of big and little business. Unfortunately the President refused to give official sanction to a group, representative of half the nation's business, anxious to cooperate with Washington. In addition, circumstances of the conference made it impossible to form any organization. But immediate failure should not discourage leaders of little business from trying...