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Word: flooding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...session over Scotch and cigars to roars of midriff mirth which did his morale a world of good. Facing newsfolk just before M. Tardieu dashed back to Paris, dignified Scot MacDonald beamishly confessed, "We did overflow a bit at times. I might say the Danube was in such full flood that it overflowed its banks. In fact, it would be difficult to name any topic of world interest today which was not touched upon in the course of our various talks. There was a dinner last night at the French Embassy, where the conversation was free & easy ! Today I lunched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Cream & Gold | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...before acting on it. His friends in the House, however, told him that if he followed such a course on the Bonus he would be engulfed before he knew it. They urged him to bestir himself early and start beating back the Bonus tide before it reached its legislative flood. This the President decided to do last week when, in a sharp emphatic voice, he read to the Press: "Informal polls of the House have created apprehension in the country that a further bonus bill for $2,000,000,000 will be passed. I am absolutely opposed to any such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Pro Bono Politico | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

Working in a low-ceilinged 10 by 18 foot room on the second floor of Garrett House, 32 embryo lawyers have assembled their cases and interviewed twice as many clients as they did last year, which was also a record year. Schmalholz attributes this flood of patronage to the depression, which has prevented even normally prosperous a people from seeking the services of a professional barrister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 3/24/1932 | See Source »

...guards against any inflationary flood of paper money, the bill also provided that: i) Reserve banks could issue money on direct obligations of the U. S. only when a majority of the Reserve Board "deem it desirable in the public interest"; 2) such bond-backed currency could be issued only within one year from the law's enactment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Done, Feb. 22, 1932 | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...Crimson stars will entrain for California on July 9 and will play in the Olympic Stadium on the evening of August 10. Owing to the heat the practice sessions, like the final clash, will be staged, out of doors under flood lights. Their expenses will be paid by the Olympic Committee, and uniforms will be provided for them. These funds, collected by the Committee, consist largely of the contributions of the city of Los Angeles, Clark stated yesterday

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIX HARVARD PLAYERS ENTER FOOTBALL GAME | 2/2/1932 | See Source »

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