Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because the solidarity of Kreditanstalt is thought to be inseparable from that of Austria herself. Chancellor Ender and Finance Minister Juch have been raising read)'' cash of late by methods peculiar to governments. The last balance sheet of the Austrian National Bank showed an increase in Austrian note circulation of 16% in one week and the discounted bills had increased by some $30,000,000. These emergency measures were taken, admittedly, as a stop-gap means of saving Kreditanstalt until permanent measures could be taken. Day after desperate day frightened depositors swarmed around the threatened institution, talked earnestly with each...
...obsolete" type of parachute issued by the Air Ministry. This 'chute, he said, is not guaranteed to open under 800 or 1,000 ft. But Lord Donegall made no reference to the need for 'chutes, viz: the frequency of crashes. One theory lies in Britain's peculiar problem of aerial defense. More than any other form of aggression Britain fears a bombing attack from the Continent. Hence she has concentrated upon development of "interceptor" planes, some of which can reach an altitude of 25,000 feet in 17 minutes. Such speed and high rate of climb...
...water-lilies. The announcement, which was made yesterday, indicated that the operation would be completed within the week. The lilies and a dozen fish have been ordered through the University Maintenance Department from a New England conservatory, while an anonymous donor has given four additional goldfish. The latter are peculiar in that they must be given a private bath every fortnight...
...fall down," which would be an emphatic come down. But while the admission of "The Isis" is depressing, particularly so because it associates one of the finest educational institutions in England with two of the lowest cities of the world, it is at least enlightening. The reason for the peculiar pronunciation of Magdalene becomes self evident to the veriest dullard...
There is something peculiar and curious about the Harvard alumnus. The change from undergraduate to graduate life affects him singularly. As a student in college he was individualistic and conservative. When the spell of the four years at Cambridge has worn off he has become sentimental and chauvinistic. Something bordering on "collegiatism" has gripped him. The present undergraduate scorns rallies and jingoistic gatherings; he is apathetic toward any urging to one thing or another. The graduate is exhorted to come to this and that gathering. By means of posters, pamphlets, and journals, of the sort which would make...