Word: risen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hours later in the chamber above the restaurant, Representative Braswell Deen of Georgia tried to yank back into his seat another Democrat who had risen to vote with Republicans. Republican Ralph Eltse of California leaped across the aisle, flung Mr. Deen roughly into another seat. The Georgian rose and doubled up his fists. The Californian raised his hands defensively. The sergeant-at-arms scurried up the aisle and escorted Mr. Deen from the chamber...
...nations that have risen from the War Czechoslovakia is most despised by her neighbors, for this rich territory was won not by blood and battle but by picking winners before the peace conference. Because she is rich industrially her people have remained placid. Sixteen years after her foundation Czechoslovakia is an island of real democracy in a turbulent sea of black, brown and green dictatorships. Citizens of Prague have more freedom of expression, more personal liberty than in any other post-War state...
...response to a Senate resolution the Federal Trade Commission last week reported that the oil code had cost U. S. motorists $160,550,000. In 272 cities covered by the survey up to Jan. 31, gasoline prices had risen an average of 1.04? a gal. since July 1, a month before the code was signed. The Commission also reported that combined State and Federal taxes, which have nothing to do with the code, averaged 5.14? a gal., or $700,000,000 annually. Highest State taxes were in Florida and Tennessee (7?), lowest in Connecticut. District of Columbia, Missouri and Rhode...
...title "Madame Axel from Greece," the brothers Minsky no doubt felt their battle to be half won, and with characteristic lavishness they have placed another brilliant and scintillating extravaganza before the public. Of Greece or the Grecian damsel aforementioned there is not the slightest mention once the curtain has risen -- but the title is a good one, and it has a flavor all its own. This flavor is heightened by the customary sale during the intermission of artistic booklets ("the raciest, spiciest little novelty we've set at your disposal in a long time, gentlemen") and is lent sweetness...
...Copenhagen's Nordic Feather Co. last week attended their annual meeting. News was good, goose down was up, feathers were flying and the quilt industry, like the armament trade, was booming. Most effusive was the general manager in his praises of handsome Adolf Hitler. Exports to Germany have risen sharply since Der Führer issued a decree granting 800 marks of government money to newlyweds. When purchasing quilts and pillows for their Aryan homes they have preferred the mountainous featherbeds of Nordic Feather...