Word: exceedingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With 221 members to date, Dudley Hall Commuters Center head are confident this year's membership will exceed last year's 256 total...
...something about conflicting taxation. Thumping the same theme as other Governors, New York's Lehman declared that the Federal Government was "almost monopolizing" some of the best tax fields, that if State income taxes were hiked to Federal levels the total tax bill in the higher brackets would exceed actual income. Eight of the ten tax sources from which New York gets more than four-fifths of its revenues were also tapped by the Federal Government. Since the Federal Government tends to win in all such conflicts, the time may come when the States can no longer finance themselves...
...past decade, developed a special miniature motor. Most top-notch doodlebuggers now use Offenhauser motors, spend up to $5,000 for a racing car. A doodlebug generates anything from 15 to 65 h. p., can do up to 120 m. p. h. on a straightaway. Even though races rarely exceed 70 m. p. h., the impression of speed is spectacular, even scary...
...expected to exempt Soviet coal and coke from a special $2-a-ton tax, assessed under the Revenue Act of 1932. The coal industry's alarm diminished promptly when the Soviet Government saluted the agreement by announcing that coal exports to the U. S. next year will not exceed 400,000 tons, slightly less than Russia shipped...
...reconsideration, he won again, 40-to-39. The Byrd Amendment 1) holds down the costs of construction to somewhere near the level that $50-a-month families can pay for, and 2) practically cuts out slum clearance for some sections which need it most, for high metropolitan construction costs exceed $1,000 per room...