Word: priore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...indignant young man and a genial, flabby-handed oldster conferred, last week in the Prime Minister's Room of the House of Commons, without witnesses, without prior notice to the press. Edward of Wales told Stanley Baldwin about his recent tour of the North English coal fields, described scenes of bitter misery and awful squalor which had caused H. R. H. to exclaim (TIME, Feb. 11): "This is ghastly! I never thought things were so bad!" "A ghastly mess. . . ." Presumably the heir to the throne used equally strong language, last week, to the Prime Minister. What would Stanley Baldwin...
Price. The last sale prior to the increase in seats was for $625,000. Since the price of a seat will be lowered by the addition of 275 new seats, the $625,000 figure cannot be accepted as standard. The value of the new seats depends (as the value of the old seats depended) on what the buyer is willing to give and what the seller is willing to take. The only price regulation made by the governing board was that bids must be made in multiples...
...Debated the Cruiser Bill. Senator Hale, sponsor, accepted an amendment by Senator Borah favoring a restatement of the laws governing the conduct of belligerents and neutrals in war at sea, such restatement to be completed, if possible, prior to the Limitation of Armament Conference...
...whichever party should lead the others and poll at least 25% of the popular vote. In a country such as Italy, where the chamber was normally composed of perhaps a dozen parties, none greatly preponderating, this law gave to the leading party (Fascismo) absolute and wholly disproportionate power. Result: prior to its royal dissolution the 27th Chamber passed over 2,000 laws pleasing to Il Duce, without possibility of their being effectively debated or opposed...
...they are simply trusting the Trust. Perhaps the best analogy to an Investment Trust would be a hypothetical bank that had no restrictions on what it could do with the depositors' money. Funds invested in Investment Trusts may well yield 10% or more, may also yield nothing at all. Prior to 1925 there were only 29 U. S. investment trusts; at present there are some...