Word: dust
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dust of snow...
...Sunday afternoon in October 1851, a certain Hubbs of Downieville was riding through the forests of the California gold country. Though he had some $400 in gold dust in his charge, Expressman Hubbs was unarmed. Presently, at the base of a large yellow pine, he dismounted to relieve himself. Suddenly a robber jumped from behind the tree, pinioned his arms, made off with the gold. Astonished, terrified, tangled in suspenders, Expressman Hubbs let him go without resistance...
...Government? For some years Generalissimo Chiang has avoided becoming involved with Japan or other foreign foes of China by remaining up-country with his large armies fighting Chinese Communists. His victories have been many. His executioners' swords have made thousands of Red heads roll in China's dust. Yet last week the large city of Kweiyang had only just been saved from capture by those doughty Chinese Communists, the Generals Hsiao Keh and Ho Lung. In Moscow it has not been forgotten that Communist gold, Communist military advisers and, above all, Communist propaganda in China greatly aided General...
...dust settles it is impossible to grasp the full implications of the T.V.A. decision. This much appears certain: where the federal government is exercising power in its proper sphere, any supplementary measures, such as the purchase of transmission lines from the Alabama Power Company, and the sale of surplus power, will be upheld by the Supreme Court. In other words, the use of the "Yardstick" principle of President Roosevelt in protecting the consumer of electricity has been deemed neither the invasion of states' rights nor the violation of due process which many of its opponents have constantly charged...
Constructed of papier-mache for he Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary, the figure is a copy of the Daniel Chester French statue and of approximately the same dimensions. After the colonial celebration it was given to the University and now collects dust on the west balcony of Memorial Hall...