Word: metalic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British law, prohibited from being exported. Thus it is only the new Transvaal gold that ultimately comes to Manhattan. On the other hand, the U. S. is regularly taking so much of the Rand gold output, is gradually adding to her already enormous supply of the yellow metal and, as long as the gold standard is adhered to here, must continue...
...products rose from 141 in July to 145 in August; food advanced from 138 to 144; cloths and clothing from 188 to 190; and chemicals and drugs from 127 to 130. On the other hand, fuel and lighting fell from 173 to 170, and miscellaneous from 112 to 111. Metals and metal products remained unchanged at 130; building materials at 169; and house furnishings...
Compared with August, 1923, a considerable decrease has occurred in fuel and lighting materials, metals and metal products, building materials, and housefurnishings; smaller declines have been seen in cloths and clothing, and miscellaneous commodities. Farm products, foods and chemicals and drugs were higher August, 1924, than a year before...
...many years physicians have been interested in the rate of progress of food residues in their passage through the body. In making tests, patients have been required to swallow insoluble matter, such as small pieces of metal and charcoal or dye substances, which could be easily detected in the excretion. When the X-ray was discovered, barium sulphate, which is opaque to the Xray, was given, and the passage of the barium was observed through the fluoroscope. The giving of a large amount of indigestible material like barium with a small amount of milk or gruel, however, brings about conditions...
When copper producers were questioned last week about July output, sales and stocks of the red metal, a blank silence resulted. Previously these figures had been made available each month, and the new policy of concealment was therefore a drastic change from that pursued before...