Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...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...
Princes, Presidents, Pre-Raphaelites...
...Significance. And so-including a description of the ceremony of the accolade, tales of touring the Continent, and many more intimate memories of princes, presidents and pre-Raphaelites-to the farewell performance of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (Hamlet at Harvard in 1916). Cables Herbert Tree: "All our stage is proud of you." After the passing* of one of the great actor-managers in the lofty line of Garrick, Siddons and Macready, his book is a snapshot album copiously illustrating the rich life of his day and a memorial for ex-audiences from Berlin to Vancouver...
...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...