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Word: equalization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Quickly the mother said under her breath: "Will explain that later," while the father, a wise and scholarly dominee of the Dutch Reformed Church, replied with equal quietness and promptness: "An unmarried wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 12, 1927 | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...subject of disarmament, equal discord was manifested. Some nations wanted complete worldwide disarmament, others partial disarmament. Some wanted League control, others did not. And the matter was finally disposed of so diplomatically and in such innocuous terms that the resolution was not thought worth publishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Interparliamentarlans | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...would be a major topic of debate in the Assembly was taken to be a foregone conclusion. Postponement of the Prepatory Commission could not fail to evoke a protest from unarmed (comparatively speaking) Germany, who takes the position that all the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles are under equal obligations to disarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Eighth Assembly | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

Last week's proceedings began with statements of the latest demands by Arizona and California. Governor George Wylie Paul Hunt reiterated Arizona's intention to share the water equally with California after deducting Nevada's share and a volume equal to what Arizona streams contribute to the total. Governor Charles C. Young announced that California despaired of reasoning with Arizona and proposed that the dispute be referred to an arbitration board of nine experts, including two Federal engineers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Dry Quarter | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

...which she has a superabundance and at the same time facilitating the entry of products that are badly needed, a fact that goes far to favor the Franco-German industrial cartel. Germany wins several points: 1) She secured a much needed outlet for her industrial products. 2) She obtained equal trade treatment, which she did not expect. 3) She forced the French to reaffirm their renunciation, made at the time of the London Conference (TIME, Sept. 1, 8, 1924), of their right (Versailles Treaty, Article XVIII) to seize German private property in the event of the Reich defaulting on reparation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Trade Accord | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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