Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week British kings have always appeared at such functions in resplendent uniform. Edward VIII wore a dark grey morning coat. Though rain soon began to patter, ladies whose expensive garden frocks were being ruined remained so obviously eager to drop their curtsies to His Majesty anyhow that he permitted them to continue until presentees began entering the durbar tent in sopping and sodden condition...
...night partying with my husband. . . . I've never made any secret of the fact that I like a good time and that I am particularly fond of champagne. . . . I'm on the spot now but I'll train and not touch another drop if I'm given another chance...
...National Distillers Products, which makes flavorings for candy and ice cream, as well as hard liquor, was one of the few U. S. corporations to show a drop in earnings for the first half-$2,760,000 as against...
...toll per car, trucks up to 75?. Passenger cars were compelled to travel 40 m.p.h. across the bridge. Fifteen minutes sufficed to cover distances which heretofore required well over an hour through narrow streets and over older bridges. Immediate result of the Triborough's opening: a 30% drop in traffic across the older East River bridges between Manhattan and Long Island on which no toll is charged...
...Association of Machine Tool Manufacturers reported that orders booked in June were at a new high since 1929. The Association's index rose 8% from May to 128.8, which was 41% above a year ago. The May-June gain was recorded in the face of an actual drop in foreign orders, an important item with U. S. machine toolmakers. Except for 1929 and a few months in 1928 business was better than at any time in the past 16 years. The shortage of good machinists, noted early in Recovery, had become so serious that many a toolmaker could...