Word: deale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fierce at times. James Couzens, millionaire, isn't here. He has been ill of late. When he is in top form, he makes a formidable opponent. That solid, dark little man is Robinson, nominal leader of the Democrats. He is a downright fellow. Of late a good deal of his time has been taken in putting through Administration measures-the World Court and the tax bill. There is Walsh; he is the Democrat's hanging prosecutor, only he hasn't found any Republican to gibbet for the public recently. That other man with the wavy, black hair...
...dubbed "Dictator of Britain" after receiving last week the title "Chief Civil Service Commissioner" under the Emergency Power Act of 1920, which was recently invoked by the King (TIME, May to give the Government power to deal with the situation...
...Doumer (TiME, March 15) ; Loucheur (TIME, Dec. 28) ; Painleve and Bonnet (the latter served as "Budget Minister," an office created to deal with this one problem) (TIME, Nov. 30) ; Caillaux (TIME...
...reported in Georgia inspecting with a group of strangers certain textile mills. The natural inference was that he intended placing contracts for tire fabrics, and Akron folk knew that if he did, he would drive a sharp bargain advantageous to his company. At least he made a huge deal, which was consummated last week in Manhattan. The contract was between President Work and President Harry T. Dunn of the Fisk Rubber Co., on the one side, and R. E. Hightower and his son, W. H. Hightower, the Georgia textile people. It provided for $100,000,000 worth of cord tire...
...Although I believe that Prohibition has benefited the country a great deal and given it many advantages over non-prohibition countries, there is evidently something wrong with the system employed. I think that the educational side of the matter has been too much neglected. At present Prohibition enforcement is attempted entirely by legal means, and the enforcement is thus not complete. You cannot force the general public to obey a law while many of them are not convinced of its value...