Word: hydros
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harding. Uruguayans have never considered him the dictator type. A graduate of Montevideo University, he early gave up law practice to become a regular Colorado Party man. He won a name as a smart, respectable politician by vigorously backing public works: rural free schools, roads, harbors, airports, fertilizer factories, hydro-electric plants. He put through Uruguay's high tariff on agricultural products. His jobs: Minister of the Interior, Minister of Industries, Minister to Italy, Special Ambassador to Argentina, member of the National Administrative Council. A year after his 1930 election he toured inland Uruguay, speaking out for a change...
...Their father was Jules Piccard, professor of chemistry at the University of Basle. A third son, Paul, helped install the first hydro-electric turbines at Niagara Falls...
...seem melancholy, extra affectionate, sexually excited, or uneasy and inclined to seek solitude. It is apt to gather up straw, thread, bits of wood and trash. It will lick cold objects and other animals, but not be disposed to bite. There is no dread of water at any time. "Hydro-phobia" is a misnomer. The dog will drink as long as it can, until constriction of the throat sets in. The second stage of rabies is mania or nervous excitement. The dog may jump in the air, snap at invisible objects. A peculiar, unmistakeable howling begins, not so fast...
Last week Finance Minister Felix T. Hamrin and two other members of the Ekman cabinet wanted to see old King Gustaf V in a hurry. The King was due in Stockholm from Solliden Castle the next day, but they could not wait that long. They commandeered three naval hydro planes, arrived at the castle as the King was preparing to leave. The train waited while King & Ministers talked behind closed doors. Finally the King emerged, followed by his ministers, and all entrained for Stockholm. There King Gustaf an nounced he had "accepted" Premier Ek man's resignation, that Finance...
Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co., owned by Manufacturers Trust Co. of Manhattan...