Word: hand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...difference between the deficit, $1,459,000,000 and the increase of the public debt, $740,000,000 was due to the fact that the Treasury spent $337,000,000 of its cash on hand at the end of the previous year, and $382,000,000 of net receipts from Government trust accounts...
...obdurate walls made of reinforced concrete, Mrs. Ross's strong box is to hold over a billion and a quarter dollars' worth of silver bullion purchased by the Treasury in Manhattan and now overflowing the Assay Office there. "This," said Mrs. Ross with a wave of her hand at the new vaults, "is just for cold storage...
...into his mouth and removed the bullet that had knocked out two of his teeth, paused again to clap mud on his skull where another bullet knicked it, and fought on. Dr. Capers C. Jones, of Birmingham, Ala., 91, barked at Secretary of War Harry Woodring: "Give me your hand. I ain't going to bite you." "I'm sweet 16 and never been kissed!" shouted Yankee Daniel Daffron, 92, of Forest Grove, Ore. Said his harried attendant: "Have I had a time trying to keep track...
...afternoon last week ready to glide down her skids for a maiden wetting in the ebbing waters of Manhattan's malodorous Harlem River. Beneath the concave bows of this fuselage-shaped ship stood her owner and chief designer, round, rubicund Hollander Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, an old hand at aircrafting, a brand-new hand at shipbuilding...
This broadcast bread-breaking has been titled The People's Platform, will go on the air July 20. Guests will include knowns and unknowns. Before 8 p.m. air time Professor Bryson, an old hand at conducting forums and group discussions, will lead the talk around to national problems. He hopes his dinner guests will be warmed up and spouting fluently when the concealed table microphones go into action...