Word: develop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scanners of the treaty thought it a slender theme for the exercise of Mr. Lee's imposing talents. The Wine Bureau will merely attempt to develop the international wine trade, "in accordance with the laws of each country," by releasing data "tending to demonstrate the beneficial effects of wine," and by sponsoring laboratory experiments "to demonstrate the hygienic qualities of wine and its influence as an agent in the fight against alcoholism (i.e. against "hard liquor...
...Virginia and North Carolina, fruitful Florida, vast Texas. The Hoover-Smith ratio of popular votes, 17 to 12, was smaller than the Harding-Cox (16 to 9) or the Coolidge-Davis-LaFollette (15 to 8 to 5) but the electoral margin was such as to suggest that unless issues develop to split the Republican Party within itself during the next four years, the re-election of 1932 might as well be a perfunctory one-party affair, to save public bother and private expense. With a Republican Congress, an efficient nationwide party organization, good times and peaceful problems to start...
...Prohibition or b) manufacture and sale of liquor, not for private profit or public (saloon) consumption, but under State administration, for home consumption. 2) Farm Relief - Federal assistance in distributing marketing costs over units of any crop in which a price-depressing sur plus occurs. 3) Water Power - Government develop ment, ownership and control of undevel oped sites still in the Government's hands. The Smith proposal was also understood to include Government operation of public power-plants, if necessary, though this tenet had not been stressed in expositions of the main thesis against long leases of public power...
...general feeling seems to be that the regulars will benefit by an extended lay off after their strenuous games of the last two week-ends and before entering the final drive of the season. With this in mind the coaches have seized the opportunity to develop the reserve material which seems at present to be in need of experience and seasoning. Remembering the old axiom that a fort is as strong as its weakest point, the work of the substitutes against the Pennsylvanians will be watched with great interest...
Next came Putnam's pretty 40 yard toss into the waiting arms of Burns who was standing in the end zone. These plays were a marked improvement in the matter of forward passes, and seem to indicate that the coaches are attempting to develop an effective aerial attack. Putnam's third attempt for extra point was perfect, making the score...