Word: return
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Brussels. This Museum owned an Attic black-figured amphora, complete except for a fragment bearing the signature of Nicosthenes. This fragment belonged to the Fogg Museum. At the suggestion of Professor Capart, the Director of the Royal Museums, the Fogg Museum gave the fragment to Brussels and received in return nine very interesting small terra cotta heads from Asia Minor, dating from the first or second century...
...that signifies an assassination or attempt at assassination. The Moon strikes the blow, and the presence of Uranus indicates firearms. Uranus governs everything mechanical. Astrology is a perpetual progression. The Egyptians based their predictions upon experience and observation; why shouldn't we do more? Therefore, immediately upon my return to Paris in September I went to see Louis Barthou, with whom I was especially well acquainted, as M. Barthou was an ardent Hugophile and I had been presented to him by Gustave Simon, Hugo's testamentary executor. So our ideas on literature coincided. At any rate, I made...
...Holding companies are no longer permitted to file consolidated Federal income tax returns. Under the old law the losses of one subsidiary were deductible from the profits of another in the same group, thus reflecting operations of the enterprise as a whole. Today every corporation, parent or subsidiary, must file a separate return, pay its own tax. Aside from the nuisance, this is a distinct disadvantage to a company with subsidiaries showing both profits and losses, since no credit is received for the losses...
Other than this stress on discipline, the suggestions in the Crimson seem to me quite sound. Also they do not seem in the least, in other matters, to disagree with Mr. Munroe. But the return of Hour Examinations, and Quizzes, and Attendance, sends a cold shiver down my spine, and completely cclipses, for me, any value there may have been in the rest of your article. R. S. Fletcher...
From England comes the interesting and highly important report that Sir Samuel Hoare is soon due to return to the Baldwin cabinet. His new position, it is authoritatively stated, will be as first Lord of the Admiralty where he will replace the resigning Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell. The crux of the situation is that Sir Samuel's immense energy and grasp of the international situation has been found indispensable, and that the government will risk overthrow or embarassment in return for his invaluable services...