Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very first paragraph; he read during the intermission that ensued, without once stopping. This he repeated at the close of the second and third acts; and I found my curiosity so aroused that I leaned over to see each time what he was reading and how far he had gotten in the magazine. Before the end of the play he had gone half way through tl magazine, his companion quietly passing the time surveying the audience...
...should like to point out the difference of $2,000,000 in the profits that Doheny and Sinclair hoped for from their oil leases, which they never would have gotten under Democratic rule; a difference of $30,000,000 in the condition of the American farmer and the value of his holdings, a difference of $750,000,000 in the proposed ship subsidy; a difference of not less than $2,000,000,000 in excessive prices to consumers imposed by a Republican tariff; and a difference between wholesale and widespread corruption and administrative honesty...
...Throughout the game Yale found great difficulty in stopping our forward passing attack. This is the weakest point and must be improved before Yale meets Dartmouth and the Army. The punting was consistently good but the kicks should be gotten off faster. Against a more experienced team than I have, several kicks would have been blocked. My ends and tackles almost succeeded in doing this on more than one occasion...
...efficiency of the private-owned and operated American telephone system compared with the state-owned and controlled systems of Europe has often been remarked. Apparently, Spain has gotten tired of local bureaucrats, and wishes for service in the American fashion. The International Telephone & Telegraph Co., a U. S. concern, will shortly undertake through its subsidiary, the Compania Telefonica Nacional de Espafia, to construct and operate a general telephone system throughout Spain. The work will involve taking over the existing Government-owned system, as well as several private systems...
...gotten surplus capital acquired by exploiting the resources and the people of our country begets the imperialism which hunts down and exploits the natural resources and the people of foreign countries, erects huge armaments for the protection of its investments, breeds international strife in the markets of the world, and inevitably leads...