Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...businessmen was the introduction in the Senate of a series of Administration amendments to take the worst sting out of last year's Securities Act. These amendments would abolish the liabilities of officers and directors for false statements made on information received from, accountants and other experts; would limit the liability of underwriters to their share of issues underwritten; would shorten the period in which suits might be brought; would require proof that misleading statements had actually led to losses by investors; would prevent blackmail and nuisance suits by requiring litigants to post bond and pay costs if they...
...fair trial under the Hitler government because he is of the Jewish faith. And now, and with plenty of legal backing, he accuses the State Department and the German government with failing to heed the extradition treaty, claiming that since he was not deported within the 60-day limit, he should have been released last year regardless of his guilt or innocence. Despite all this, the Hitler government still demands his extradition to the Fatherland, Normano, or Lewin, demands his freedom, and Uncle Sam is left stauding alone to make a decision, which, no matter on whose side it falls...
...case of Africa and Oceanic, the traditional material is wood, so that the sculpture exhibits the characteristics of wood-thinking peoples, who have acquired a mastery over their medium permitting expression to the limit of their spiritual needs...
...wish to know what my act consists of? Well, singing. . . and dancing. . . and. . . (here Miss De Shone made a mute but expressive gesture toward her shoulder straps) No, until the censors came there was no limit to my act. . . Oh, now don't misunderstand me; I think there is a limit to everything, but in this case I was my own censer...
...favorite drink? Old Fashioneds, but three is my limit." Up and spake the boy friend, "Boy, you ought to see her when she has three!" This little statement carried a heavy weight of admiration, approbation, and approval, and was accompanied by sweeping and wayering gestures of the hand...