Word: leaking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week it was from eight to twenty minutes slow all the time. When the bell rang 2,684,907 shares had been bought and sold-the second largest day's trading in the history of the Stock Exchange, and the highest total since the historic "peace leak" on Dec. 21, 1916, brought a turnover of 3,048,925 shares...
Second Wayfarer: "And all the Yoshiwara-folk will be abed before midnight?if their roofs don't leak...
...Victor, honey" was brought up by his womenfolks, commandeering their lives. Shallow, placid Mrs. Campion let the estate leak through her plump fingers. A carefully washed and brushed Mr. Lacey sought to be her second husband, and would have been but that Victor had a nightmare of Mr. Lacey as a catfish in a tailcoat and wailed until Mamma promised not to let him be "Victor's dear new Papa...
...details were given out at the British Treasury concerning the negotiations, but a "leak" of information established the fact that the French had received a rude jolt. The British view evidently was that payments from Germany could not be considered until they had been received, as it was not known whether or not the Experts' Plan could be operated successfully in the exceedingly difficult years ahead.† A second point was that Russia, who owes Britain more on paper than any other country, could not be considered at all. It was therefore apparent that France would virtually have...
...last act was not yet written. A storm quickly brewed over the Premier's reference to a bill to alleviate the position of the Treasury. It was allowed to leak out that the Government intended to impose a capital levy of 10% in the form of a mortgage under which 1% per annum of the capital sum must be paid. This rumor, for it was nothing more, aroused the political elements to tornadic fury. M. Loucheur instantly withdrew his support from the Premier. This was not so serious as what followed. The Unified Socialists, under ex-Premier Aristide Briand...