Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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American Farm Bureau Federation members heard Mr. Hull respectfully. But their applause was most sincere when he promised to drop the trade agreements if ever they provably hurt the U. S. farmer. Next day they meekly adopted a resolution supporting Mr. Hull. For, if they were not quite farsighted enough to be enthusiastic for Mr. Hull's plain point that a nation has to buy in order to sell, they, like the rest of the U. S., clearly recognized the highmindedness of Mr. Hull's perennial principle: world peace through world trade...
...been arrested on a charge of second-degree burglary for breaking into a neighbor's home, making off with two caged birds and a radio, which he said were really his. (Case was dismissed.) He had gone to Reno, hoping to persuade Mrs. Knight to drop her suit, "succeeded only in creating a rumpus," according to the New York Daily Mirror...
...readers. From the Post he admits that he will get "considerably less" in salary, plus whatever he nets on syndicate sales. The Post's circulation is only 252,145, compared to the World-Telegram's 414,759. And some papers that now use his column will undoubtedly drop...
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...Department of Commerce's October report from nearly 3,000 wholesalers showed a 6.5% drop in volume of sales, a 6.3% drop in dollar value from September. Meanwhile, inventories (from 1,729 firms) were up 3½% (in cost value) from September, 6% from October...