Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Will Rogers to run against Hiram Johnson for the United States Senatorship. The matter has been brought to public notice as a result of a telegram sent to Rogers by the State Treasurer of California, in which the Treasurer is reported to have assured Rogers of enough support to gain him a seat at Washington. In announcing his action, the official is quoted as saying that Rogers has proved himself through his sense of humor to possess "an intellectual understanding of politics" which is worthy to be applied seriously to governmental matters. Obviously the proposal is of a more serious...
Bank deposits $51,612,000,000....gain...
Foreign loans $1,850,000,000....gain...
Exports $4,968,000,000....gain...
...building $7,000,000,000....gain...