Word: importancies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall not be lawful to import any hen or duck eggs in shell into the United Kingdom, nor to sell or expose for sale in the United Kingdom any imported hen or duck eggs in shell, unless they bear an indication of origin...
...gang" delivered by a "tool" in the guise of a Cambridge schoolgirl. One of the city's most beloved officers, the friend of children and Harvard Square merchants, was informed point-blank that he was going to be "bumped off" last night, probably in cold blood. The unfriendly import of the note precipitated a furore in Cambridge police circles, possibly second only to a Harvard student riot scare. Photographic copies of the note, the fingerprints of the child on the paper, an exhaustive investigation of police archives for possible data on "Feagan's gang", formed part of the attempt...
Taine believed that many of the troubles which confronted France in the nineteenth century were due to the attempts made to import from England ideas and practices which had no root in the traditions of the country. This was even more true of other countries, which were far less prepared for the liberal regime than France. The force of example was so strong, however, that in almost all countries of Europe the power of the absolute monarchy was broken and constitutional systems were instituted before 1914. Two of the most notable examples were Russia and Turkey. It is quite conceivable...
...unsuccessful competitor in the Durant contest was Gifford Pinchot, dust-dry onetime (1923-27) Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pinchot denounced the practice of allowing foreign diplomats to import liquor for diplomacy. Mr. Pinchot said also that only the influence of an ardently dry President can bring about national dryness. He considers President-Elect Hoover satisfactorily dry. He considers that Presidents Wilson, Harding & Coolidge were "apathetic...
Various other matters of import were released along with the crew schedule, among them being the awarding of the football letters and numerals for the past season, the approving of managerial appointments and the elections of football and soccer captains for the coming year, and the issuing of the minor sport schedules for the winter season...