Word: proper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Approval of AAA II in the tobacco marketing case was another basic shift effected by Mr. Roberts & friends. By distinguishing between the production of farm goods and their marketing, and declaring the latter a proper sphere for Federal control, the historic commerce clause of the Constitution was liberalized and the ancient precedent of Hammer v. Dagenhart abandoned-one of three landmarks which Janizary Tom Corcoran vowed to erase before leaving Washington...
...wearers of hats, heavy shoes, tight-woven woolens, collars & ties in the dog days. These gentlemen vowed they were quite comfortable, would not admit that their clothes were archaic. Horrified, Hawes (who once fired her obstetrician because he wore a stiff collar) concluded that such clothes were indeed their proper wear...
...Pancho" Sarabia likes good, quiet clothes and Scotch whiskey, speaks good English, displays the nerveless sang-froid of a proper flier. Born 39 years ago in the little town of Lerdo, he attended Mexican schools, crossed the U. S. border to get a degree at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, went to an automobile school in Kansas City, worked at the Buick plant in Michigan. In 1926 he took a $3 ride with a barnstormer. Next day Pancho started flying lessons and he has never been out of flying for more than three months since...
...With the proper accompaniment of supernatural reaction, the airing of Crimson crew victories was snapped Saturday on Lake Cayuga by a powerful cornell eight in the teeth of a tempest. The defeat was the first in eleven starts since the Navy race...
...boom. That the financial situation of Japan in China (not to mention Japanese prestige there) had suddenly taken a turn for the worse was evident when Toshigo Somma, Shanghai secretary to the Japanese Minister of Finance, suddenly departed for Tokyo for advice and counsel. And in Japan proper, the Government began a census of gold which included plates, rings, antiques, but not teeth...