Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...third term, that the effect was terrific, about as funny as a crutch, and that he had got a kick out of seeing the faces of the reporters present. Trouble with this, according to Raymond Clapper, was that few reporters had paid much attention, and that certainly few had fallen into the President's trap...
...cost of keeping the Army and Navy mobilized for emergency, plus armament purchases and providing urban Swedes with gas masks and air-raid shelters, had largely done the job. Finance Minister Dr. Ernst Wigforss announced that since he reported balance to the Riksdag last January, the Kingdom had fallen in the red 600,000,000 kroner...
...Recently U. S. Steel turned up in the black (by 47? a share) for the first time since 1937. By last week's end Steel common had fallen almost five points, stood at 70¼ compared to its September high...
...giving Mr. Browder permission to speak the Yale administration has reaffirmed that belief in academic freedom which characterizes the liberal university. It is a pity that Harvard has fallen so far behind her traditional rival...
...Colonel Claude Crozet, curly-haired, black-whiskered soldier of Napoleon, State Engineer of Virginia, became first president of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute. On November 11, 1839, 32 cadets were admitted to the new school. The contractor had not finished building the barracks, and snow had fallen before he was through. Food was scarce. The cadets decided to go home. If they had, V. M. I. would not have celebrated its centennial last week...