Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...buffaloes and most of the meat of cattle. They seemed excellent range animals for the vast northern territories (which Arctic explorers have long been recommending for stock-raising), as they can be left to graze all winter without prepared food or shelter. Asians have long crossed the yak, a draft animal, with cattle, getting beef even finer-grained than steer's meat. Present Canadian experiments are upon a "yakattalo," a tri-brid that may prove juiciest...
Although he is weaponless Siegmund is forced to accept and Hunding goes to bed after drinking a long draft of ale. Sieglinde, who had earlier been ordered from the room, reappears and tells Siegmund to try and draw from a great oak the sword which was thrust in it by the Gods. Siegmund, with a mighty effort, draws the sword and thereby proves that he is Sieglinde's brother and the greatest warrior on earth...
...cause of this "buying panic"-which did not assume dangerous proportions-was twofold: 1) Finance Minister Loucheur had just presented the Chamber with the first draft of a new tax bill expected to raise eight billion additional francs per annum, by increasing the taxes on alcohol, business transactions and practically everything else; 2) The franc slipped down last week to 27 to the $1, a new low record for the year. The relative stability of numerous foreign currencies, prompted the harassed Jean to transfer his currency into pounds, gulden, Scandinavian kroner, U. S. dollars...
...Representative Martin B. Madden, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House, called on the President to say that his committee would probably draft a public buildings bill carrying appropriations of $165,000,000 to be expended over the next six years, $50,000,000 of it for housing Government activities in the Capital...
Once more the great public diversion and private pleasure, tax cutting, came to the front; for the Ways and Means Committee of the House assembled in Washington to draft a new tax reduction law for the Congress that meets in December. The lines of the fight were well laid down in advance of the hearing. Everyone-Administration and opposition-is for it. The question is, what and how much...