Word: retreatant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Amid cheers and stamping at this amiable retreat by the Lord High Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice rose from where he had been sitting just back of Lord Reading. "As we have agreed on what is really fundamental," he intoned with returning dignity, "let us make peace and get on with our work." In a few minutes the Lords slipped the amended bill through second reading. Then, as the House adjourned, the Lord High Chancellor, preceded by the Purse Bearer, preceded in turn by the Sergeant-at-Arms carrying the Mace, made the most unusual gesture of stopping...
...this near two weeks out of our monthly reckoning. Now Easter Day is to have the full moon resplendent no more in her sky. . . . It is pretty bad. We're going to stop being lunatics after all. The moon is to be evicted from her last retreat, the Paschal Date. For my part, if they standardize Easter for the sake of Trade (as Christmas is lost in rubicund sales ads) what will remain? Only lovers in rural lanes will hereafter lift their eyes through glittery foliage and salute the orb. . . . A standardized calendar will do away with our last...
...King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia with its present Hungarian development. In the first case France and Italy, with the support of Great Britain, were united in opposing any extension of German influence into Austria. Since the little government was able to find no support It was willing to retreat and peace was preserved...
...performance after reaching the expected 100 level. For a week now there has been increased volume with only a fractional gain. Not a healthy condition from a bullish standpoint. We would suggest that the substantial profits which have accrued in the past three weeks be accepted and a strategic retreat be made to the sidelines, awaiting a chance to fill the market basket again nearer the 95 level...
...hotels have fared better than others on the Continent, largely because severe exchange restrictions have kept German tourists at home. It was also possible to buy cheap "registered marks" which could be spent only in Germany. More Frenchmen crossed the Rhine this season than in any year since the Retreat from Moscow...