Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...National Bank of Rumania greatly exceeded the legal limit. In short, the new Prime Minister charged his predecessors with every sort of gross malfeasance. They had kept on the State payroll, he said, hundreds of persons now dead and some who were never born. Dolefully he admitted that it might prove temporarily impossible to meet the government payroll charges for the current month...
...going to fight again, Jack?" reporters asked him. "No," said Dempsey, as usual. Later he admitted that he might fight famed Paulino Uzcudun next June, for a guarantee...
...photography industry because Mr. Eastman at the very beginning of his business career went to scientists for help. Dr. Mees' large Eastman staff has made purely scientific research into the chemistry of colloids (gelatine, cellulose, rubber, etc.), which industry is not yet using as extensively as it might...
Last week, three wives of three potent stockmarketeers debated whether or not to sell their holdings of Alaska Juneau. They knew, of course, that the stock had appreciated in value just 1,000% since its purchase, had hit a high of $10 a share. But might it not go still higher? Amused, they looked at income reports, noted that 1927 deficits ranged from $3,500 to $43,000 monthly, while monthly earnings in 1928 exceeded $50,000, occasionally...
...volunteers retreated from Bull Run. Early in the 80's Founder Adam bought an English bicycle for his son, and in 1886 added a bicycle factory to the Opel works! Clever merchandizer, he knew selfconscious Germans would hesitate to appear ridiculous. Accordingly, he provided Opel halls where amateurs might learn to ride Opel bicycles. The Opel cycle factory is today the largest in the world...