Word: returning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moreover the articles which the U. S. agreed to keep on the free list included newsprint (on which the U. S. Press would never let a tariff be imposed) and a number of things of which the U. S. has far from enough (e. g. asbestos, cobalt, lobsters). In return he had obtained a better market for U. S. machinery of many kinds, for several fruits and vegetables and got rid of a number of annoying hindrances to U. S. marketing in Canada...
Special wires carried election flashes to King George & Queen Mary at Sandringham, to Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Baldwin at No. 10 Downing St. Everyone, the Prime Minister included, expected that the early returns would be the least favorable to his Government since they would come from large industrial centres where votes are counted quickly and in which the Labor Party has its traditional strength. To the amazement of well-posted Britons the whole return ran practically uniform, with National Government winning eventually 53% of the popular vote and 69% of the seats in the House of Commons...
...that crucial point Dr. Kapitza went to his native land to attend a convention. When he started to return to England, the Soviet Government refused him permission to leave, explained bluntly that his services were needed at home. Peter Kapitza wailed that his work was in pure science, could not possibly push the Second Five-Year Plan. The high command, with an eye for prestige as well as services, was adamant. The Soviet Embassy in London issued a statement...
...named Sox, worth about $200, vanished from an automobile owned by Walter E. O'Hara, operator of prosperous Narragansett Racing Park. Because his wife Cle dearly loved the dog, Operator O'Hara boomed over his park loudspeakers that afternoon an offer of $250 for Sox's return, sent 100 ushers, watchmen, clerks, grooms out to scour the neighborhood. When they returned emptyhanded, Operator O'Hara upped his reward to $1,000 alive. He bought space in Providence, Boston and other New England newspapers to announce his loss & offer. He hired time on Providence radio stations...
Ryan, who left college ten days ago permanently, will return for the trial...