Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will be met by pledging customs duties on imports other than necessities, excise on tobacco, beer, wine and sugar and receipts from the spirits monopoly. The average pre-war receipt from these sources is put at $190,400,000, but the present day value" has now fallen to one-quarter on account of the loss of territory and population and reduced consumption. With the recovery of the eco- nomic activity of Germany it will automatically increase." The note urges an oral discussion," but makes no mention of the Ruhr occupation or passive resistance. In the meantime Herr Stresemann, Chief...
...jokester said he danced like an Outline of History. Arnold Bennett is reported to have acquired "a stage of proficiency," arrived at through many private lessons. Lord Balfour likes to see other people do it, but is too old to take it up himself. Lord Curzon has not yet fallen, but the Marchioness, his wife, is an exponent of no mean accomplishment. Lloyd George has not yet made his dancing debut, nor is he ever likely to. Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord Chancellor, leads the political world in jazz dancing. No band is too fast for him. Another statesman, chided about...
...Jacques Chastenet, a French writer, sums up the fallen Premier thus...
...Steamship Line announced through its New York agent, Luis Llanso, that it will discontinue sailings from New York after mid-June. The reasons given are that the Line breaks American law if it carries liquor for its crew, and Spanish law if it does not, and that bookings have fallen off greatly since the Supreme Court ruling...
...policy cost France her interests in Egypt; he became involved in a religious dispute, which, if he had not fallen from power, might have had serious consequences; once he resigned a cabinet post in a fit of anger; in the war of 1870 he helped the Germans to win through hampering his own generals. Nevertheless, he did much useful work. After the 1870 debacle he reorganized the army and introduced conscription. He created the General Staff and the Supreme Council as it was during the Great War. As Minister of Public Works he constructed 2,000 miles of railway...