Word: possessions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...original 1,800,000,000 francs now remains in the Saar ran as low last week as 150,000,000. In the Saar meanwhile Nazis whacked together 350 booths in which Saar folk will be compelled to exchange for German marks any French francs or other foreign money they possess after March...
...discussing the second purpose and the need for large awards, Mr. Hanford feels that some scholarships should be awarded on a continuing basis so that a student of very high standing will possess "a certain sense of security and will be removed from the necessity of pressure and strain of always centering his attention on high grades for fear that someone else will get one more A or B and thus endanger his own chance of being awarded a scholarship in the following year...
With the Speakership out of the way the contest for majority Floor Leader to succeed "Uncle Joe" Byrns waxed hot and heavy. All the defeated would-be Speakers were potential candidates for this No. 2 House job, and in addition several others. The Southern Democrats, being perpetually in office, possess by seniority most of the best committee posts: Buchanan of Texas heads Appropriations; Steagall of Alabama, Banking & Currency; Rayburn of Texas, Interstate & Foreign Commerce; Vinson of Georgia, Naval Affairs; McSwain of South Carolina, Military Affairs; Mansfield of Texas. Rivers & Harbors; Rankin of Mississippi, Veterans; Bankhead of Alabama, Rules...
...Communist Youth, Izvestia quoted the No. 1 speaker thus: "The time has come, I believe, when it must be obligatory for every girl to carry face powder and perfume! There are certain factors which, when present, cause any woman to lose the elements of coquetry which she should possess. Comrades, we must work to liquidate these factors...
...great crime of the physician is hurry. This results in a temptation to interfere constantly with the natural processes. The physicians need nothing from science that they do not now possess. What is needed is more care in the treatment of mothers and greater patience such as the midwife uses...