Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...musicians swung into "Sugar Rose." Fats squealed with delight. "Git ready fo' de jam now!" The boys got ready, and went into a wild jumble of hot rhythm. A clarinet player popped up somewhere and made his instrument screech an improvised sing-song. Fats, his tremendous bulk bobbing in time, shouted hoarse encouragement to his boys. With a final, incomprehensible flourish by the saxes, the jammin' stopped. "Dose cats can take yo' socks right off yo' shoes," gasped Fats...
Cotton. Since the bulk of U. S. cotton must be marketed abroad, this year's crop of 16,098,000 bales, fifth largest in history and biggest since 1931. may be difficult to sell in markets glutted by a record world production of 35,600,000 bales. As a result, cotton prices fell to the lowest in four years-87? a lb. Nonetheless, with a subsidy of 3? a lb. on 65% of the ''base'' production of 16,000,000 bales the farm value of the new crop will be some...
...Congress. But while exporters grumbled and protested, it was already apparent that Mexico like other governments which try to plug income tax loopholes was not going to be 100% successful. Foreign sellers promptly treated the tax like an import duty, added 3% to their invoice prices, thus passed the bulk of the new tax to the down-trodden Mexican who will eventually buy their products...
Left. By Mrs. Emma Rockefeller McAlpin, niece of John Davison Rockefeller: the bulk of an estate valued at $5,648,349; to her two sons and two daughters; in Manhattan...
...Yucatan: "Order War Department to present for my disposition 200 soldiers to be sent to Chapingo Agricultural School to stop riots. Should you fail to comply . . . please accept this as my resignation. . . ." The threat failed. Cárdenas replied, "Your resignation has been accepted." General Cedillo hurried his bulk off to the safety of his own bailiwick...