Word: million
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Howard v. Lincoln is the Big Game among Negro colleges. Last week they played at night on Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier. Lincoln's Left Tackle Robeson, kin of famed Singer Paul Robeson, scored a touchdown after a blocked kick. But Howard's Quarterback "Showboat" Wares would not be stopped. He made one touchdown, made possible another...
...ante), gold was pouring out of France at the rate of 100,000,000 francs a day, in flight to London, Amsterdam, Geneva and even Berlin. The Deputies pointed to the Bank of France gold reserves of nearly 80 billion francs and contended that the drain of 100 million francs a day could continue for at least another month before becoming "dangerous." This would give time, they remarked, to construct more Cabinets and "find a real majority...
...little, the strikers are a minority, and the strikes as a whole are on the wane. They have been caused mostly by populist agitation taking advantage of the desperate condition of the farmer." Mr. Bliven also brought up the monstrosity of plowing under perfectly good crops when twenty-five million people are starving, and said that the farmer clearly realizes this...
...President took office. First, the confidence in the banking system, which was completely lacking last March, has been restored. In addition, the decline of business has been halted, and wholesale prices have turned up for the first time (except momentarily) since the depression began. Between three and four million persons have been reemployed. Foreign trade is at last increasing...
...generally agreed that although there was no doubt as to the coming necessity of the bridge, or to the merits of the proposal as the ultimate in the development of this part of the river basin, the financing of the Cambridge share of this three quarter million project, at the present time, might be difficult. It was suggested that perhaps the bridge, which in itself comprised only slightly more than half the total cost of the plan, could be constructed first and the extensive developments of the river left until the return of better times...