Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gospel of peace preached once more. Europe, declared the French Premier, is on the verge of catastrophe because everywhere arms are being piled up. Premier Blum's solution: let every interested power "make public their armament programs, together with the cost thereof"; let them then "agree not to exceed these programs...
...gold. Rising mining costs in a recovery period normally act as an automatic check on gold production, probably will eventually in this recovery. Today, however, gold is abnormally high. And Russia, where costs are meaningless, has jumped into second place as the leading producer, may this year even exceed South Africa...
Certain was that for the first time an absolutely first-class warship had been struck directly by a modern bomber. The damage, though bloody, did not exceed that of a six-inch shell. The Deutschland was not disabled, easily made her way to Gibraltar whose harbor she entered with flag at half-staff. British vessels lowered their flags in sympathy, the crew of the U. S. S. Kane attended a memorial service for the dead before the Deutschland steamed off for repairs in Germany...
...Noted laconically in the B.I.S. report was the fact that recovery periods rarely exceed five years...
...this time to state accurately the net earnings of this corporation for its fiscal year ending May 31, 1937, and consequently the amount of this surtax, if no distribution is made by the corporation during the fiscal year which is taxable to the stockholders as such, is estimated to exceed $20,000. A serious situation has thus been created because of the relatively small amount of cash in possession of the corporation. This shortage . . . is due to prudent anticipation of raw material requirements, and while this anticipation, coupled with temporary stoppage of shipments due to automobile strikes, has resulted...