Word: lowerable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lower Price? The Communist terms included: punishment of "war criminals"; uprooting of "traditional institutions" accepted by the Kuomintang; abrogation of "traitorous" treaties (one consistently attacked in Communist propaganda gives the U.S. the right to base naval forces at Tsingtao); convocation of a Political Consultative Conference . . . "to take over all power from the Kuomintang reactionary government"; and reorganization of Chinese armies...
...hope that the Reds would soften their high-flying terms by traditional Chinese bargaining methods was expressed by a postman: "It's just like arguing with a ricksha coolie. First he asks for the highest price and then settles for a lower figure." But it was unlikely that the victory-flushed Communists would observe tradition. What was there to dike the flood of Communism if Chiang and the Reds failed to agree on a price...
...bought the biggest U.S. giveaway-Los Angeles' twice-a-week Down Town Shopping News† (circ. 500,000). The Shopping News was owned by 18 Los Angeles department stores (The Broadway, Bullock's, May Co., Barker Bros.). Parton promised to jump circulation to 600,000 and lower ad rates; as part of the deal, the stores signed long-time advertising contracts with Parton. His expected revenue this year: more than...
...grape juice a proper substitute for wine at Holy Communion? In England last week, the Rev. M. B. Morgan told the lower house of the Convocation of Canterbury: "The Baptists, I understand, make it a condition of membership that the members shall be teetotalers." "Shame!" cried indignant members. Said the Venerable Percy Hartill, Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent: "Wine properly so called means fermented grape juice and not just grape juice .". . It is simply a question of whether the Church dares . . . to vary what our Lord appointed as the outward sign...
Total expenses at Radcliffe, however, remain lower than those at Wellesley and Vassar, where tuition, room, and board have already hit the $1600 mark...