Word: pocketfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question of French occupation of the Ruhr the English have become more and more condemnatory of France. Whether a dearth of Ruhr trade and flattened English pocket-books have given rise to this attitude is a nice point for speculative minds. At any rate, that this attitude now exists ins an establish of fact, especially since Lord Curzon's vigorous message on the subject sent to Premier Poincare a few weeks ago. America, though assuming the pose of the onlooker with his feet well out of all dust and dirt, is perhaps inclined to favor the French action. Therefore each...
Football and the Daily Dozen as healthbuilders must welcome another sport to their numbers. Doubleday Page and Co. announced the publication of A Pocket Bridge Book ($1.00) by Walter Camp, under whose outstretched arm the health of the nation is upbuilded. " You can't be a 'dub' if you read this book," guarantees the blurb. "Mr. Camp is an expert...
...Secretary's argument is simple. He is not anxious to take money out of people's pockets, whoever they be; he is anxious to put money into the Government's pocket. He believes that decreasing surtaxes is the way to do this, and points with considerable justification to increased Government revenue this year which has followed the reduction of maximum surtaxes from 65% to 50% and the abolition of the excess profits tax. The reason for this, he believes, is less tax evasion either by falsification of returns or by investment in tax-exempt securities, non-productive...
When Yoshizawa arrived in Peking a fortnight ago he found no President to whom he could present his credentials, so he put them in his pocket and contented himself with informing the Chinese Foreign Office that he had come. The Foreign Minister refused to recognize such a proceeding and a diplomatic fracas resulted...
...price of the Pocket Series did not, as had been announced in advertisements, rise from 5¢ to 10¢ a volume on June 30. The importation of paper from Europe and new presses enabled Mr. Haldeman-Julius to continue the sale of his books at 5¢ each...