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Word: lowering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ensenada, Lower California, Mexican taxi drivers refused to carry passengers disembarking from the Grace Line's 5. 5. Santa Elena. The Mexican Confederation of Labor proclaimed a boycott of all U. S. ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sea Stall | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...clamored to the Interstate Commerce Commission that high railroad freight rates put it at a disadvantage in competing with the ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston. Last week, over railroad protests, the I. C. C. recognized Albany as an Atlantic port, ordered the roads to allow Albany the lower rates to the western trunk lines applicable to seaborne goods landed at other eastern ports. In handling European shipping into the Midwest, Albany's new rate status puts her on a par with Philadelphia, behind Baltimore, ahead of New York. Another gain from last week's decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Ambitious Albany | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Fumed Oak, "an unpleasant comedy" in which a lower-class family's sodden routine is disrupted when the husband rebels, abandons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Three Triples | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...reason that Mormonism appeals to a man in search of a religion is that its priesthood is vast, every male communicant in good standing belonging to its higher or lower division depending upon whether he is 21 or younger. There are also plenty of Mormon offices. Chicago's Stake was divided last week into four wards, three in the city, one in Milwaukee, each directed by an elected bishop and two counselors. Elected Stake President was President William A. Matheson of Rollaway Bed Corp. Chicago Mormons are eligible for office in the Mormon agencies which cement the Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Stake No. 118 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Next caller at the Androvsky tent is their mutual friend Count Anteoni (Basil Rathbone). He tells Domini what her husband is and she tells Boris that she knows his secret. For the next 20 minutes on the screen, Boris struggles with his lower nature. When last seen he is padding uphill to the monastery. Domini is driving off alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Garden of Allah | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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