Word: flatly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Austrians are not militarists," he said in a flat voice. "Austria has been exemplary in her loyalty to treaty obligations. . . . But she must clear away barriers in the way of self-preservation." The conscription bill passed unanimously, with excited deputies standing up on their chairs to cheer. All that the bill actually stipulated was: "Any Austrian may be called upon to serve the Fatherland, with or without arms, according to his physical and spiritual capacity." What the bill evidently meant was that some 1,500,000 men aged 18 to 42 were made eligible to conscription either in labor battalions...
Mdzart's Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" opens this evening's concert by the Boston Symphony in Sanders Theatre. Following this delightful work is the Brahms Concerto for Pianoforte No. 2 in B flat with Artur Schnabel as soloist. As an artist, Mr. Schnabel is always the servant of the spirit of the music as well as the absolute master of its performance--a eulogy which cannot be applied to many. The work itself is a rather amazing combination of concerto and symphony and is considered by many a none too happy example of Brahms's genius. The concert...
...petition, presented by many Eastern rail-roads, against the new I. C. C. "flat rate" for passenger miles has intimate bearing upon the existence of the railroads themselves. The contention of these lines, simply put, is that the added volume of passengers would not by any means put them in the black, but might very well drive them further...
Give the key of his flat...
...customers' accounts. For the guidance of the Federal Reserve Board, which administers the credit end of Federal stockmarket control, Congress suggested a dual formula for fixing margin requirements which has been in effect since 1934. A broker could lend a customer the greater of either: 1) a flat percentage (now 45%) of a security's current market value; or 2) 100% of the lowest price-since July 1933, so long as that was not more than 75% of the present value...