Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...potent fiat. The present Moscow of 3,500,000 Russians squashed into 70 square miles will be expanded, Stalin decreed, into a Moscow of 5,000,000 in 230 square miles. Most of this vast reconstruction was ordered rushed to completion within three years, but seven more years are allotted to finish up and smooth out New Moscow's inevitable kinks...
Five thousand strong, a hopeful delegation of Croat peasants meanwhile cheered sexagenarian Croat Leader Vecheslav Wilder who cried: "We have endured seven lean years, given us by the Belgrade Dictatorship, but seven fat years lie ahead!" Seasoned old Croat rebels, such as famed Svetozar Pribitchevitch who now lurks in Paris, meanwhile slipped warning letters into Yugoslavia by secret courier. They feared that the Regent of Yugoslavia, Prince Paul, has developed Nazi leanings and chose M. Stoyadinovitch to be Premier for the purpose of shifting Yugoslavian policy a few points away from Paris and several points nearer Berlin. "Beware!" warned Rebel...
...combustion chamber. There is no carburetor. The exhaust is almost entirely clear, indicating nearly complete combustion. Although they have no test data to prove it, Solene's sponsors think it will mean fuel economy and increased flying range for airplanes. A wick lamp filled with it burned seven times as long as with kerosene...
When the august managers of the Canadian wheat pool take snuff, the whole world sneezes. Last week in seven major markets on three continents grain traders were confounded by the most extraordinary piece of news about the Dominion pool since it was started in 1924. The moment the news was known a dark storm of selling broke over the Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City markets, tumbling prices the limit of 5¢ in one day. In Liverpool, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Winnipeg, wheat also went down in confusion. Other commodities, notably corn and rye, slid off sharply. The news: After weathering...
...voice in, though not control of, the country's credit policies. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency are dropped as ex officio members of the Board, thus breaking that political tie. The name of the Federal Reserve Board is changed to Board of Governors?seven men, not more than four of whom belong to the same party, serving for 14 years and removable only for cause. The President will designate one as chairman for a four-year term. Furthermore, the Reserve Banks are forbidden to purchase securities direct from the Treasury...