Word: joints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...joint-stock land banks. These are private enterprises, similar to the Federal Land Banks, slightly more restricted in power, chartered by the Federal Farm Loan Board...
From 1921 to April 30, 1918, the 50 joint-stock land banks closed 113,000 loans, aggregating...
...Many though his desk duties were, President Coolidge found time during the week to attend an historical pageant in Annapolis, Md., provisional (1783-1784) capital of the U. S. . . . Another day, in Washington, he addressed a joint session of the American Association of Museums and the American Federation of Arts. "We need to put more effort into translating art into the daily lives of the people," said President Coolidge. "If we surround ourselves with forms of beauty, the evil things of life would tend to disappear and our moral standards would be raised...
...unique feature of today's game will be the appearance of the Honorable James F. Walker, Mayor of New York City, who has consented to make the trip from New York to Cambridge in order to throw out the first ball of the game. a joint reception committee has been appointed from the two Boards and plans have been formulated for a fitting welcome to New York's beloved executive...
Last week the Panama Canal was blown up in the imaginations of U. S. Army and Navy men. With the U. S. battle fleet at far-away Hawaii, an enemy fleet was thought to be snoring up the Atlantic Coast to attack Hampton Roads. The U. S. Joint Army and Navy Board, having perfected plans for just such an emergency, proceeded with a rapid, potent mobilization of coast defense units at the mouth of Chesapeake...