Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...used to make a 10% or 12% refund on income and corporation taxes payable in 1926 for incomes of the calendar year 1925. This would mean that 90% of the income taxpayers would receive refunds ranging from 11? to $1.69; the richer 10% would, of course, get proportionately larger benefits. The President's plan, hastily precipitated by the elections, caused some rejoicing in Republican ranks but served chiefly to stimulate criticism and other surplus-removal schemes...
...order to unite the people of the provinces that the Canton Revolutionary troops started their campaign against the North last July. They have not yet succeeded in their purpose. They may never succeed. But the Nationalist Government rules at present over a larger area than has any single military or political unit in recent years. The secret of its success is the enthusiastic support of the people...
...hundred thousand dollars worth of mementos she collected, none were more valuable to her than the personal effects willed to her by Sitting Bull, famed Sioux chief, who named her "Watanic Cicilia" (Little Sureshot). She could hit pennies tossed in the air or larger discs (in the centre or on the edge as requested) ; shoot holes in playing cards or tickets fluttering in the air; stand on one foot, throw three eggs aloft, hit each with her rifle before it squashed...
...DcMille backdrops, two caoruses heavies and half-points, vie with one another. The little girls dance remarkably, and twice on Monday night succeeded in stopping the show. They are perfectly instructed, and steps which would seem banal if performed in solo seem unbeatable when drummed out in chorus. Their larger sisters make up in voice for their lack of beauty. George Jean Nathan will never award any pretzels to these frauds for looks, but despite the New Yorkese twang to their voices they lend weight to the choruses, and their singing forms and excellent background to the men's voices...
Ford Implications. Ford Motor Co. placed a materials order at Cleveland last week, which implies the coming production of a new Ford car with larger brake drums and gasoline tank and a changed running board. The modifications require 17,000 tons of steel additional to the company's normal annual tonnage. If Ford bodies were made entirely of steel, the increased tonnage would be 55,000, according to the Daily Metal Trade...