Word: pile
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said Republican Representative William Ekwall of Oregon: "To convict Judge Ritter you would have to pile up presumptions that wouldn't be evidence in Russia, let alone the U. S. The case against him would not stand up in a police court...
...which is fullest of British Communists. Canny fellows, many of these Scotsmen are like Japanese Communists in viewing the Reigning House as their possible ally against the Upper Classes in a last-ditch social upheaval, or at any rate as safe custodians for immense wealth which never ceases to pile up and ultimately may be shared for the greatest good of the greatest number in the United Kingdom. Only people who are not Scottish Communists were in any way surprised last week when these intelligent Glasgow fellows welcomed Edward VIII, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain and Ireland...
...whatever temporary lead Harvard may have gained in the early stages of the meet was quickly blotted out as the Jasper runners started to pile up points in the middle distances while the Crimson runners failed to come through with the maximum number of points fondly hoped...
...week for the Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court to make up their minds about TVA, workmen draped the elaborate Italian ceiling of the 64-ft. square courtroom with a cheap canvas screen. Also last week in Manhattan a onetime partner of the architect responsible for that classic pile across the plaza from the Capitol sued the architect's son and daughter for a sum estimated at a quarter of a million dollars...
...leaders demanded: 1) immediate payment of the full 1945 value of each certificate, less only the amount the holder had borrowed on it; 2) a refund of interest paid on such borrowings or cancellation of interest accrued and unpaid. As their new and crowning stroke, the Bonuseers proposed to pile unearned interest on unearned interest by directing that any veteran who had not chosen to cash in his certificate for its 1945 value by April 6, 1937 should receive 3% interest on that value each year he kept his certificate until...