Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...found everything. The circus was allowed to proceed to Ogdensburg, where it had missed a $15,000 "gate" and was nearly late for the next scheduled performance. After the circus folk had left their cars, Federal inspectors stationed at Ogdensburg made a fresh search, ripping, probing, thoroughgoing. The number of bottles found rose to 30,000, filled eight trucks...
...Treaty of Versailles provides, in Part VIII, Section II, Article 247, that: "Germany undertakes to furnish to the University of Louvain . . . manuscripts, incunabula?, printed books, maps and objects of collection corresponding in number and value to those destroyed in the burning by Germany of the Library of Louvain...
...dance marathon is a sporting event in which the contesting teams, of which there may be any number, are composed of one male and one female person. The purpose of each team is to dance longer than any other team. The rules of the contest are few: teams may rest 15 minutes after dancing for one hour; when not resting they must dance, though almost any form of activity more noticeable than a shiver will fulfill this condition. For contestants the excitements of the game are somewhat limited; like horse-racing, its primary purpose is to excite spectators...
Employment. Latest figures on number of employes are 208,228 (total) for General Motors Corp., 115,837 for the Ford Motor Co. (Detroit only...
...second half year begins, a backward survey suggests that the most significant business and financial feature of the first six months of 1928 was not the boom of stocks, but the number and scope of corporate mergers. The stock market strength of securities depends upon the strength of the underlying business ventures and by mergers those ventures have strengthened themselves. Some significant mergers, acquisitions, or consolidations this half year have been...