Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mothers: 32 Children. In Russia no practical distinction is made between children born in or out of wedlock and either sort have legal claim to paternal support. Theoretically the Russian law is a sharp curb to carnality, since no man wants his entire income to be claimed by promiscuous children. Last week, however, a test case was curiously decided in Moscow when 10 unmarried mothers claimed support for their 32 children from a rich peasant, Ivan Bourov. In Bourov's case, the Court laid down a broad, general principal: "One third of a citizen's income...
...cannot end there. The machine has cast out of the party men whose prestige with the Russian masses is as great or greater than that of those who remain in. Moreover Trotsky, Zinoviev and their followers are zealous trained and successful revolutionaries. The despotism of the Tsar could not curb them. It remains...
...reading an early edition of next morning's newspaper. He read of the Archbishop's loss, of the value of the crucifix. Therefore he drove to the Archbishop's house, handed over the valise with contents undisturbed, explained that he had seen the bag on the curb, had been unable to overtake the Archbishop's automobile, departed without leaving his name...
...Nationalist movement is great There is opposition to the foreign control of post office, customs, rail ways, and revenues, urgent demand for the abolition of the existing unequal treaties with the Great Powers, for the abandonment of concessions, legations, foreign courts, and consular jurisdiction: and a zealous effort to curb the colonial expansion of the imperialistic powers...
...Chicago Board of Trade (grain marketing) last week voted to erect a $10,000,000 building of 40 stories. One member sold his seat last week for $10,000, highest sale price since 1919. That year seats were worth $11,100. ¶Again, a buyer for a New York Curb Exchange seat paid a new record price, $65,000. Trader William A. Scott bought it last week. A fortnight ago the record was $45,000 (TIME...