Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...self-defense, by universal military service, a trained reserve of 400,000 men; 4) a virtually empty treasury. Lest the National Assembly's opening be saddened, its political lord and master, President Manuel Quezon, spoke of these matters in relatively euphemistic terms, although he had to ask for lower income tax exemptions, higher surtaxes, school taxes, taxes on corporate profits, inheritances, luxuries, amusements, mines, transportation, land...
...Grand Old Man of Letters; of tuberculosis and grippe; in his villa near Moscow. Turned out of his grandfather's house at 9, he became a ragpicker, a scullery boy, a sailor, bitterly described Old Russia in short stories, novels (The Outcasts, Comrades, Mother), his celebrated play The Lower Depths. Imprisoned and exiled by the Tsar on Bloody Sunday (Jan. 22, 1905), he returned in 1914, served as a private in the War. He supported the moderate Kerensky regime, thunderously opposed the Bolsheviki, reluctantly accepted a Government post from Nikolai Lenin which he abandoned shortly to nurse his failing...
...York City alone there are 41,470 elevators-more than the total on any continent except North America. Every day they travel 100,000 miles, lift and lower 15,000,000 passengers-twice the number carried by all other New York transport systems combined. Very rarely there is a brief delay through mechanical error. Much more rarely is there an accident. In 1934, last year for which figures are available, there were 96 elevator accidents in Manhattan. The ratio: one death for every 196,000,000 passengers: one injury for every...
...Theresa of Austria, sister of Marie Antoinette who had died on the guillotine only five years before. Carolina's husband, King Ferdinand, was a lazy, ineffectual, long-nosed barbarian whose concept of statesmanship was simply to keep out of trouble and throw coins to any crowd of the lower classes. Carolina's life was dominated by her hatred and fear of the French Republic, by her determination to lead Naples in a holy war against France. She was encouraged in this suicidal plan by the English, particularly by Lady Hamilton, wife of the English Ambassador, Nelson...
First day of the 40th U. S. Open was a surprise to the field of 164 players assembled from 28 golfing districts as the best the U.S. had to offer. Baltusrol's Upper course-entirely distinct from the Lower, where the Amateur was played ten years ago-proved unexpectedly easy. Fourteen scores were under par 72. After two rounds, the field was cut to the low 60. Seventeen golfers tied for 60th with 151. Defending Champion Sam Parks, who profited less from his title than any other Open winner since the War, was eliminated with a score...