Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...South America lies the Gran Chaco, a steaming, insect-swarming triangle 600 miles by 300 between the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers. British Explorer Julian Duguid has described the Pilcomayo as "a vast, foul-smelling, oozy stretch of bog with as much movement as an unsqueezed sponge. ... An Englishman may obtain some slight insight into the discomfort of penetration into the Chaco if he locks himself into a hothouse, waters the flowers, closes all the windows, and allows a blazing sun to shine through the glass while he rides a stationary bicycle. Even then he will not be bothered by insects...
...amendment tacked on the bjll providing that "the Federal Reserve Board, by a vote of not less than five members, may authorize any Federal Reserve Bank to discount any individual or corporation paper eligible for discount after it has been determined that the borrower has been unable to obtain credit accommodation." This amendment meant that individuals and private industries could borrow directly from the Federal Reserve if member banks into which Reserve credit had been pumped refused to make loans. But so hedged about with restrictions was this authority for Reserve lending that Speaker Garner shrugged...
...program: a moratorium to be followed by virtual cancellation of what Germany owes the Allies if the Allies obtain virtual cancellation of what they...
Dublin officials pointed out that the Free State can easily obtain from the U. S., France, Germany and Belgium the manufactured goods she has previously bought from Great Britain. "That would realize," said President de Valera, "another ideal: direct, economic touch with other nations. In times of shrinking foreign markets ours is not a trifle...
...books are news. Unless otherwise designated, all books reviewed in TIME were published within the fortnight. TIME readers may obtain any book of any U. S. publisher by sending check or money-order to cover regular retail price ($5 if price is unknown, change to be remitted) to Ben Boswell of TIME, 135 East 42nd St., New York City...