Word: long
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fussy old lady in a mythical lace cap?a sort of financial Queen Victoria. Her age is 235. In the bustling City of London she has been affectionately called for generations "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street." In all her life she has never kept a favorite as long as the nine years she has kept Montagu Collet Norman. Courtier Norman was defending his Old Lady against concerted attacks on her gold reserve?especially against the attacks of ungallant Neighbor France...
...ever. They would not consent, he declared, to abide by any fixed budget. He had offered to provide them with $6,500,000 per month, but they would not budget even on that generous basis. For a Soong and a banker there was only one alternative. In his long, closely reasoned letter of resignation, Soong wrote...
...revolved in its 25-day cycle, the beam of the vast sunspot which erupted from its surface (photosphere) late in July was again to touch the earth this week. At that time the spot was 33,000 miles long by 20,000 miles wide. On earth, it caused severe magnetic storms which affected electric light and power services, confused telegraphs, telephones, radio...
...possession of the seals, State authorities moved to finish a case on which they had labored long. They held eight men under indictment for selling forged medical degrees and Illinois medical licenses. Citizens of the State were not surprised to learn that the accused ringleader was W. H. H. Miller who, for irregularities in issuing doctors' licenses, had been ousted in 1922 as head of the State Department of registration and education...
Last week one shrewd doctor decided that she had hiccoughed so long she had forgotten what it was like not to hiccough, was therefore psychologically incapable of helping herself. He gave her a strong, nauseating drug, put her to sleep. When she awoke her mind was so occupied with her new, counter-irritating misery that she forgot to hiccough, was cured...