Word: richest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more outlandish to the East every time he sends a note, Japanese could half fear and half believe last week that Washington is leagued with Moscow and Nanking. Staggering would be such an alliance: the world's largest nation (Russia) plus the most populous (China) j)lus the richest (U. S.), and all against Japan...
...recluse who lives near Denver in a shack built at the entrance of the disused Matchless Mine. Grown eccentric in her dotage, she threatens to shoot visitors with a shotgun, wears remnants of the dresses she wore in Washington when Haw Tabor seemed to be the richest man in the world. She still believes that her daughter, Silver Dollar Tabor-who died, under an assumed name, in a Chicago brothel in 1925-is alive in a convent...
...cynical though witty brain behind these policies is constantly revealed by General von Schleicher at socialite Berlin gatherings, causes smartest, richest hostesses to "simply adore the dear general!" Characteristic von Schleicher mots...
...Were chagrined by reports that the Nizam of Hyderabad ("Richest Man in the World") and the Maharaja of Kapurthala had offered to supply His Majesty's government last week with as much gold as might be needed in return for suitable political concessions to these reigning heads of Indian States...
...have grown accustomed to hearing our country referred to as the richest nation in the world. In the coming winter, not only our much heralded wealth is being tested, but our entire economic and social system as well. Millions are out of jobs. Millions are suffering in this land of plenty. The most trying winter since the start of the depression faces...