Word: prices
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Anyone who would stop to figure this out would find that the Government paid this farmer at the rate of $1.80 for each turkey egg. The price ordinarily paid for turkey-hatching eggs is about 20? each...
Homework. List of subjects which the President proposed Congress investigate: 1) Improvement of anti-trust laws by placing the burden of proof of innocence on those charged with certain violations, such as presenting identical bids, uniform price raises; 2) more careful scrutiny of mergers and interlocking relationships; 3) supervision of investment trusts and gradual separation of banks from holding companies; 4) supervision and publicizing of activities of trade associations; 5) amendment of patent laws to prevent use of patent controls for suppression of new inventions; 6) correction of tax laws to encourage competition and dividend distribution. To top all this...
John Revellion, a printer, said fr London: "The increase will cost me about ten pounds ($50) a year more. If that's the price of peace I think it is a good investment for me and perhaps for the world...
...Commons, said that "dark forces of the Irish underworld tried to strike us in the back" during the World War "and there are still dark forces at work in Ireland now." In event of war, he added, Ireland might remain neutral or demand "the whole of Ireland" as a price for throwing in their lot with England...
Second difficulty concerned negotiations with Hollywood's sex personality,' Mae West. Although she expressed a great desire to look the University over, her manager quoted a "special price" for her appearance at the Smoker, three thousand dollars...