Word: pre-war
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...Konrad was born in Penzing, one of the suburbs of Vienna, son of a Colonel in the army. Little Konrad, too, embarked upon a military career. At 19 he was graduated from the War Academy. At 36 he became a teacher in the War School. After that his rise was rapid. In 1906 he became chief of the Austrian General Staff and a leader of the pre-War military party. He was especially strong in anti-Italian sentiment. Whenever he commanded in the border provinces near Italy he distinguished himself by his severity in dealing with any manifestation of Italian...
...countries, was in a critical mood. As he saw it, Turkey was coming more and more under the thumb of Bolshevik Russia, which is rapidly extending its influence through commercial penetration. Germany's trade position in regard to Turkey, the Senator was convinced, is also fast reaching its pre-War importance, while the positions of Britain, France and Italy are made stationary through jealousy...
...pounds. As for prices, copper began 1925 at slightly over 14? a pound, dipped last spring to 13 1/2? and recently has recovered to 14 1/4?. For several years the price of copper has been unique among commodity prices in that it was below rather than above pre-War prices...
...duty-free importation af considerable quantities of frozen meat constitutes an alleviative measure for the consumers. In the case of grain, the tariff is of a transitory nature and is considerably lower than the tariffs of pre-War times...
sense of the word. In the pre-War sense...