Word: contracts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dance's origin and its success. "A gypsy was singing the song, accompanied by three husky Russians. There, attracted by it, I persuaded one of the men to teach me the song and dance. I had meant to use it in a revue, but on account of my contract, I was unable to do so. When I entered Captain Jinks, I decided the time was ripe for its introduction, and here...
...possibility of stomach ulcer, of appendicitis, of obstructed intestines, cases in which cathartics are a positive menace, cases in which only a surgeon or skilled physician should intervene. In cases of stomach ulcer the stomach wall is thinned or even already perforated. The carthartic induces the stomach to contract and the partly digested food oozes into the peritoneal cavity. Fatal peritonitis results. In intestinal obstruction the intestines may be blocked by the caked products of digestion or they may be blocked by a band, a twist, a growth or an impaction of partly absorbed food. The cathartic enters and stimulates...
...ministers to and from the Holy Land. Gossip insisted: that the ministers had conducted five religious services a day; that none of the ministers had "tipped" during or after the voyage; that several passengers refused to leave the ship because it had returned home one day sooner than the contract called for; that cabins had been cluttered with bottles of water from the River Jordan, from Red, Dead, Galilee Seas (bidding, at the end of the trip, sent the price per bottle to 50); that at Constantinople many failed to see the mosques' interiors because they would not trust their...
...February after the armistice, prudent General Knisgern started canceling his war contracts; told Swift & Co., one of his main supply agents, to cease preparing Army bacon. But they had about five million pounds of pig bellies in smoke, could not easily dispose of them to the civilian trade. The selling price would have been considerably below the Government contract rate, at which Swift & Co. had keyed their packing operations. The General realized Swift's fairness and willing co-operation throughout the War stress, yet had to refer money adjustment to a Court of Claims; told the company to sell...
...Herr Cuno eventually returned to his business affairs. German officials at Hamburg and other ports grew less affable to the U. S. agents. Yet they dared not hint their wish to abrogate that contract. At the same time Mr. Harriman was noting the low earnings of transatlantic carriage. Now it seems, from the sale of these three ships, that the Hamburg-American Line is to go more on its own, that Harriman will concentrate more on his coastwise shipping, mayhap resume his railroad activities. (He is a director of the Union Pacific, of the Illinois Central, besides being chairman...