Word: pound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...times to speak really fluent French, and both his mother and his wife share his feelings for La Patrie. Last week, when London put to Washington the idea of permitting Paris to cheapen the franc, thus giving France a competitive advantage in world markets, while holding the dollar and pound at present levels, the hesitations of the President and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. were brief. Nevertheless, these hesitations were agonizing to Premier Edouard Daladier, for, although most Frenchmen were convinced the franc must be again cheapened, some French fiscal experts believed Franklin Roosevelt would take this occasion...
Three tons of old Lampoons were sold yesterday to a junk dealer at three-quarters of a cent a pound. (June...
Bert Haines' 150-pound Varsity crew is a snappy little eight which proved its merit against M. I. T. over a week ago and which will meet its acid test in the A. R. A. Regatta at Princeton this weekend...
Everybody in the Kingdom drinks tea, has been paying for the cheapest grade about eightpence per pound plus sixpence tax. Sir John added another tuppence (4?), drew from all quarters of the House pained cries of "Oh!" and "Shame...
Just like a woman, this 160-pound wonder child of the Congo rushed into his bedroom when confronted by a yellow snake. "He just docan't like Yale men," explained his trainer...