Word: importance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there is another phase to this question which reaches beyond Europe herself and extends to her colonies, dependencies and other outlying provinces. The trade of these lands is European since the economic wealth of the regions in question and its distribution are controlled from that continent. We import essential raw materials for our industries from these European dependencies mostly without tariff charges...
...year of playing the part has also made a proper performance of the drama more difficult", he continued. "If you are familiar with the structure of 'Strange Interlude', you know that O'Neill's characters speak their thoughts in asides, these thoughts coming between speeches of entirely different import. Our difficulty, after playing the parts so long, is that we find ourselves listening to the asides, which, being thoughts, are obviously not meant for us as persons in the play. The result is that, unless we watch ourselves closely, we are in danger of misreading our next lines. When...
...they may sometimes compete with American publications and thus reduce the per'capita spendings of each man woman and child on American printed books. It has been shown lately that American "Big Business" stops at practically nothing, and a Senate, investigation might find Shearer's brother stifling the import of French publications...
...surplus also rises! And with it appears once more the problem, not so perplexing apparently to those would easily and sanely dispose of it, but still of grave import to the body in whose final decision rests its ultimate destiny...
...French system of levying on U. S. films will be worked out and applied, but it is understood that this will be simply a straight import tax with no direct subsidy feature...