Word: fours
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into the red, which President Hoover considered a lamentable showing for the only "business" arm of a Government which its officials, in moments of pride, like to call "the biggest business organization in the world." Promptly President Hoover summoned to the White House Postmaster General Walter Brown and his four assistant postmasters general, told them something had to be done to reduce these ever-increasing shortages, to put the postal service on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. What concerned the President chiefly was the sudden leap in this year's deficit and the prospect of similar shortages...
...entered for the first time an unpretentious office in a temporary building on Washing ton's Mall and there seated himself in one of the most thankless swivel chairs in the Government. The little man was Frank Xavier Alexander Eble, called "Alphabet" by his friend because of his four initials. The chair was that of the Commissioner of Customs to which he had just been appointed by President Hoover. The first day in office Commissioner Eble smiled his satisfaction at the progress being made on the Customs Bureau's chief problem-smuggled liquor from Canada to Detroit where...
...homeland. When the liner had docked she, a lady of some importance, requested courtesy-of-the-port, that her baggage might be passed and delivered at once. The Customs men demurred. She pointed to the imposing official seals that marked each of her seven wardrobe trunks and four suitcases, claimed diplomatic immunity. The Customs men communicated with the State Department, which verified their belief that diplomatic immunity is granted only to ambassadors or ministers and their wives, not to vice-consular ladies. Promptly the agents broke the seals, opened the trunks, lifted out laces, silks, and many a small...
...Last week French customs agents noticed white powder seeping from packing cases addressed to Sirdar Al Ghulam Nabi Khan, Afghan Minister in Paris, just appointed Ambassador to Moscow. Four cases were seized, found to contain $33,000 worth of heroin...
Skirts. No knees, even for sportswear, which drops two inches. Four to six added inches for afternoon, twelve to 15 for evening, bringing many frocks in slanting fashion to the floor, adding trains...