Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British lips and it usually exaggerates the feeling of the speaker. But there was little exaggeration in this case for the speaker was old Sir Edmund Gosse, poet and critic, onetime (1904-14) Librarian to the House of Lords, who at 76 styles himself "the last of the Pre-Raphaelites...
...present price of steel products, at an average of $50.84 per gross ton, is only 37% over the 13-year pre-War average of $37.11. On the other hand labor costs, which constitute about half of steelmaking costs have risen very greatly since 1913. Common labor, for example, now costs 130% more than before the war. Without economies obtained by using waste products and modernizing plant facilities, most steel companies would now be operating at heavy losses instead of profits...
...localities in this country. According to the Board's statement, the peak for rents the country over was reached in July, 1924, when they averaged 86% higher than in 1914. Since that time a general decline has occurred, until in July, 1925, they stood at 79% higher than pre-War rates...
...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 nationalism. According to his own account he urged Emperor Franz Josef to make war on Serbia...
...Pre-Armistice Debt Settlement...