Word: marked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plan for a new NRA headed not by one man but by a board of which he himself would be a figurehead chairman. When it was announced that the NRAdministrator would take a two-week rest at the seashore, it was prophesied that he would not return. Pundit Mark Sullivan cruelly suggested that the President was saying to General Johnson: "Here's your hat. I'm sorry you can't stay...
Last week the reform of Berlin pedestrians was well under way as Admiral von Levetzow disclosed that 15,000 jaywalkers have been fined one mark (39¢) each on the scene of their crimes. Jaywalkers unable or unwilling to pay when caught were jailed...
...teacher hands her pupils stiff cards covered with numbered squares. She gives them a "choose-the-correct-answer" test in which they are to check the proper numbers. The test over, the teacher runs the cards through what looks like an adding machine. The cards emerge with a red mark in every proper square. Krexit enables teacher and pupils to see mistakes at a glance...
When the tale opens, the whole family is on a train, bound for "The Grove," their summer home in Rhode Island. Mark Waring is an Episcopal minister, tolerant but troubled. Luly, his wife, is "a saint, but without the unpleasant qualities that so often go with saintliness." Their children are Brad, 15, serious, dependable; Linda, volatile and imaginative; Dicky. funny-faced child who asks, "Papa, is a snapping turtle a mammal or an insect?" and "What State...
...agreement under which the Reichsbank would pass payments due on British goods imported into Germany after Aug. 20, 1934. This agreement did not cover the £1,500,000 already owing on yarn. Also it was "terminable without notice in the event of endangering the stability of the mark." In short. British diplomacy had let Lancashire down...