Word: limitates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Depreciated fourfold, France should now have a note circulation of 46,000,000,000 francs. Last week, it was only 96,200,000 francs less than the 41 billion franc limit...
...great part of the world's rubber is under British control. In 1922, the British Colonial office, headed by Winston Churchill, pursuaded Parliament to limit rubber production in the Empire and to reduce exportation to 60% of the normal production. The price of rubber promptly advanced from 15 to 37c. a pound...
Under the old law, only 3,000,000 were enfranchised. The age limit was 25 but each voter was required to pay taxes of not less than three yean ($1.50) per annum...
...contrast to this, a Sophomore writes: "Moderate Drinkers, none: 98 per cent heavy though not habitual drinkers: 75 per cent of these heavy drinkers are of the periodic class. When they do drink they do not limit themselves to any three tablespoonfuls, but go in it for all it is worth. Most men pick out a propitious time and get gloriously "tight" . . . perhaps not touching any liquor in the meanwhile...
...whole fabric of education totters on the brink of ruin, one can not but rejoice in the fact that the demonstrations in front of the dean's house were orderly. Nothing was lost but an Apache cap and a false beard worn by a student under the age limit for embryo lawyers...