Word: pipings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your article on the resignation of Judge Taft "Outstanding decisions: one." In Taylor v. Railroad, in the 88th Federal, Judge Taft's opinion established the right of the taxpayers to resort to the courts for protection against tax discrimination; his decision in U. S. v. Addystone Pipe Co. is one of the most frequently cited opinions dealing with the rights of corporations under anti-trust laws; his decision in the Burlington railroad case established the right of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate rates, both interstate and intrastate; his half dozen opinions on various phases of the prohibition...
...keepers unlocked the door of Robber Spiers' cell. Still cringing he took a few steps between his guards, then with a sudden scream of terror, sprang away, vaulted over the pipe railing of the cell gallery, and plunged down three stories to crash, a sodden neck-broken corpse at the very feet of the assembled Justices of the Peace...
...Pipe & Foundry Co. (chief product: cast iron pipe for water & gas mains): $2,581,000 as against...
...Byers Co. (wrought iron pipe since 1864): $339,000 in last quarter of 1929, against $420,000 in same period...
...works of Anatole France, of whom he wrote a biography. Lane knew agnostic Author France and admired him, but not nearly so much as he does Newman. He married young, has one son, one daughter. His literary tastes are conservative; he also likes detective stories, loafing, smoking a pipe. Says he: "I read very little new stuff. When a new book comes out, I take down an old one. . . . Writing I like as a sailor likes the sea?mighty glad to be done with it, and then very soon itching to get back to it again...