Word: excepting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sinclair's technique was to approach the government of a country with the flyleaf of his checkbook showing. "Men mumble but money talks," is an old oil adage. He would ask for a franchise to prospect for petroleum. If he found some, the government could have it all, except for a million or so acres. Sinclair always got his acres along the coast, where his tank-ships could put in. The oilfields he obtained this way soon brought Sinclair Consolidated's holdings up to $380,000,000. At the same time, Sinclair learned how to handle governments...
Still more interesting is the fact that a correspondent with the known prestige of Miss Thompson seemingly could not obtain interviews with the high officials of the Soviet State, whereas Publicist Lee appears to have carried Rockefeller or perhaps Harriman credentials which opened every door except that of Comrade Josef Stalin, the dour, seclusive Soviet Dictator who is never interviewed...
...grow fat. The pigs must die lean & cheap. Overproduction of litters, weaned on high priced feed, plus the abnormal foreign demand for corn explains the current departure from the inexorable "parity." Farmers must win back on corn what they lose on swine. Furthermore, the situation in rye (unexplained except for unrivaled Eastern demand), is unusually bullish; U. S. rye supplies are now lower than they have been for five years...
...perfectly obvious that something must be done if the University is to make the acquaintance or even see the glorified young militarists except during the game. In addition to the probable promenade en grande tenue and the luncheon there is a rumor that Boston hostesses and debutantes are eagerly anticipating the appearance of military full dress, resplendent with gold braid, epaulets, and decorations, in Hub salons, salles-a-manger, and ball-rooms. In view of this situation, gratifying as the Boston hospitality promises to be, the University will undoubtedly view with alarm the usurpation of its prerogatives as a host...
...Legal Aid Society, run by law students, gives advice on legal matters free of charge. If a case is carried to court, the bureau demands merely that its expenses in conducting the case be paid. All types of cases have been handled, except bankruptcy and admiralty. Cases of contracts, bills, and between landlord and tenant comprise most of the suits. Advice has been sought even on divorce, and once on international affairs...