Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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However the details may go, either party must have a run of luck to get a working majority...
...Backwater Vendee,' in that peaceful garden, Clemenceau, with tolerant sympathy, surveys the world. He wishes the best of luck to those who are carrying on after him. It has been, indeed, a privilege again...
...wheat crop promises to run some 131,000,000 bushels under that of last year, and to result in a national shortage. The Kansas territory this year is particularly in luck, as its crop will probably yield 86,000,000 bushels more than...
...luck of the long unlucky "grain belt" remained good. Wheat slumped somewhat, after its recent sharp advance. But its place was taken by corn and oats. The former has risen to over $1.00 a bushel, while the latter has already passed 50?. Since Jan. 1, corn has risen over 20? and oats over 10?, thus adding over $500,000,000 in value to the corn crop and about $125,000,000 to the oat crop. As far as the former is concerned, rising prices of moderate extent for all staple grains is much more beneficial than simply a runaway market...
...million bushels-36 million more than last year. But they decreased over 9 million 'bushels last week alone. Speculative traders are gossiping about $1.50 wheat by Autumn, and can quote facts to support their predictions. Altogether, it looks as if Mr. Coolidge's proverbial good luck was still very much with him. Kansas Republicans already report improved prospects for their party in that State on the basis of higher wheat prices...