Word: floated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...love-making would cease, as one of the whales would forge ahead, slowly but gracefully, turning over easily on its back as it went and keeping a position slightly beneath the surface of the water. The action resembling that of a swimmer as he turns on his back to float. The other whale well in the rear and swimming back up, would suddenly put on a burst of speed-full ahead, both engines-- as he ploughed a snowy, straight-as-an-arrow furrow through the Prussian-blue sea, which brought him swiftly forward to form that perfect, blissful contact with...
...moratorium at any time, should she deem herself unable to go on paying reparations; 2) That she shall not be liable to "sanctions" (military punishment) by the Allies for suspending payments in good faith because she cannot pay; 3) That the Fatherland is always free to attempt to float German bond issues in the world market...