Word: haute
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...degree from Oxford University, England. Justice Roberts headed for his Pennsylvania farm; Justice Black for a rented house at Seminary, Va.; Justice Butler for an honorary degree from Boston College, then his farm at Woodbine, Md.; Justice Stone for his 45th class reunion at Amherst, then for Isle au Haut...
Meanwhile, Belgian prospectors had discovered veins of pitchblende in the Belgian Congo no less than 20 times richer than the U. S. carnotite. After the War, Belgium's Union Minière du Haut Katanga started mining this material, shipping it to the mother country for refining. The U. S. with its low-grade carnotite could not compete and soon dropped out of the world picture. The Belgian company enjoyed what amounted to a monopoly, producing just enough to fill the demand at its arbitrarily maintained price of $70,000 per gram. Since the medicinal uses of the element...
...Cardozo was sunning himself at Rye, N. Y. Mr. Justice Butler was golfing at Bluemont, Va. Mr. Justice Roberts was on his 700-acre farm near Kimberton, Pa. Mr. Justice Sutherland was on his 24th trip to Europe. Mr. Justice Stone loafed at his favorite island near Isle au Haut, Me. And Mr. Justice McReynolds, visiting a friend at Gloucester, Mass., gave an interview to the Beverly Times about the Constitution...
...over-look analysis and confine himself to a sort of comatose reception of stimuli: it deals with the harrowing experiences of old Apple Annie, who, poverty-stricken in New York, has been keeping her daughter in Europe in the belief that her mother is a fancy lady, of the haut monde. It goes without saying that the daughter has to come home, suddenly: she is about to be married, and the old Count wants to look over mama before he exudes the paternal blessing. By dint of the efforts of a sentimental gambler, a role which, to speak euphemistically...
...virtually impossible. Hence foreign producers have little inclination to share their markets with U. S. producers through Copper Exporters, Inc. Last week the first tangible evidence of the split was seen when four big foreign producers resigned from the export body. They were: Union Minière du Haut Katanga, Chile Copper, subsidiary of Anaconda; International Nickel Co. of Canada; Cerro de Pasco with prolific mines in Peru. Coppermen thought Copper Exporters would eventually cease to function, that U. S. producers would concentrate on their domestic market. Last week copper sold at 5?¢ in the U. S., 5¢ at London...