Word: cut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...better understands the liking of U. S. citizens for frank and clear-cut statements than His Majesty's popular and astute Ambassador at Washington, Sir Esme Howard. Last week Sir Esme tried to make a statement which would represent the position of the British Government with respect to naval limitation and would be at the same time clear-cut and frank. He said...
...great political party, by persons who would claim the title of responsible politicians. Those in Great Britain who sympathize most warmly with the idea of India attaining at the earliest possible moment the status of any of the other great dominions of the Crown will find the ground cut from under their feet if British opinion ever becomes convinced that so-called dominion status was valued by India only as a stepping-stone to a complete severance of her connection with the British Commonwealth...
...with thousands of skilled workmen laid off or reduced to making radios. Four years ago the British Isles were buying 22,000 German pianos annually. With the enactment of the McKenna tariff that figure has fallen to a mere 1500 in 1928. Similar tariff enactments by other countries have cut German piano exports from...
Seemingly petite and girlish Señora Sandino (see cut) was kept constantly under surveillance by "Lieut. Brownlee." Not a tick of her telegraph instrument, not a whisper in her office, not a letter in her mail escaped "Big Feet...
Some of the country's more potent oilmen met at St. Louis, last week, to see what could be done about the overproduction, from which their industry has long been suffering (TIME, Dec. 17). Oklahoma operators agreed to cut production from 700,000 barrels a day to 650,000. Meanwhile, however, Texas and California oil fields continued on an unlimited production basis. Unless a national agreement covering all oil fields is reached it would appear that regional agreements can effect no major improvement. Present U. S. production is approximately 2,690,000 barrels a day and wildcatting (opening...