Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...purpose is to supply credit which will not only mean greater prosperity for our business organizations, but for our churches and educational institutions...
When the Scotch say that a man has his plate full, they mean that his capacity is taxed to the limit. James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister and His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, had his plate full last week...
...opening session of the National Fascisti Council, Benito uttered words of advice to Fascisti. Said he : " The Fascisti must put the big stick in the attic. That does not mean donning dressing-gowns and slippers, for no real man is worth anything unless he can face the tempests. While the Opposition is calling on the Fascisti to march about with olive branches, they never show the least sign of a desire to disarm themselves. The recent crisis was useful because it clearly showed who Fascismo's real friends and foes are. The party does not want lukewarm adherents...
...rise of wheat prices, if it continues, or even if it is but sustained, leads to a whole chain of circumstances. It means much better times in the farming region of the Northwest. It means much improvement in banking conditions, because banks will be able to liquidate their frozen farm loans. It may mean the difference between success and failure to the newly-organized, tremendous cooperative grain marketing project of the farmers. It means greater revenues for the Northwestern railroads and their stockholders...
...Three-Party Fight. The presence of a third party in the contest does not mean that there will be three contenders racing neck and neck. It means that LaFollette will try to take enough votes away from the two Reading tickets so that neither Coolidge nor Davis will have a majority in the Electoral College. In that event the election will be thrown into Congress. According to the Constitution, the House of Representatives then chooses a President from the three highest candidates, the delegation of each state casting one vote. The result would be: 5 states tied and not voting...