Word: gloom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Additional gloom in the tire business was occasioned by a renewal of price-cutting. Fisk Rubber commenced it by reducing prices sharply. U. S. Rubber and Firestone Tire have followed suit with cuts of between 10 and 15% in old style high pressure tires and of about 20% in the new balloon tires...
...seconds later he signalled to the mechanics to pull away the chocks, he opened the throttle, the engine roared, the 200 early-rising spectators screamed a parting welcome. The aeroplane ran along the ground for a short distance and then soared majestically heavenward as dawn began to dispel the gloom...
...burdens of a nation at war on his shoulders, was nothing less than the result of indigestion-to be technically frank. Had Lincoln's doctors diagnosed his case correctly, had any of the now widely advertised remedies been on the market, Lincoln would not have sought diversion from his gloom at the theatre; he would therefore not have been shot; and, declares the writer, "without doubt the political history of this country subsequent to the Civil War, and perhaps of some other civilized countries, also, might have been greatly modified." The tragic story of the horseshoe nail is thus, very...
...right to preach, to baptize, but not to act as shepherdesses of the flock. Antifeminists had a strong ally in Rev. Jashwant Chitamber who pointed out that "the women in India have not begun to wear the breeches as yet." Finance. Luther B. Wilson, New York Bishop, cast gloom upon the multitude by announcing a 26% decrease in contributions to the general funds...
Viennese, who were expecting to see a good grade match, were bitterly disappointed. But at the sight of Georges wreathed in victorious smiles, the usual hero-worship set in and all sense of gloom was rapidly dissipated...