Word: blocs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...store in Shanghai which must first be disposed of before the abolition should become effective, otherwise they would lose the several million dollars involved, and the action of the Chinese government, a pagan government if you will, who replied, "Very well then, we will buy the opium en bloc from you and burn it." Which they...
...wait six months there would be but little likelihood of its passage. The President's proposal will insure this delay, for should the idea of the sales tax be gone into at any length it is sure to meet with such opposition as to preclude its acceptance. The agricultural bloc does not want it, the Democrats do not want it, nobody wants it. Discussion of the bonus, then, must lead to a fight over the sales tax in which the bonus itself will become a secondary issue, and will eventually die a natural death. Such a death would be better...
...reach of reach of their patrons, a thing to be guarded against, but it will prevent them from spreading promiscuousy through the better districts. Certain groups of shops will be allowed even within some residential localities--mostly where small stores have congregated already--but these shops must stay en bloc. After all, the plan is not much different from the limitations at present placed on "restricted" districts, only it is now applied to the whole city. If it has already worked on a small scale, it may be expected to work equally well on a larger...