Word: similarity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sooner had he carved the turkey than he gathered the press, told them that he would pass the tax buck to Congress. Those sterling fellows, he intimated, must decide for themselves and the U. S. whether: 1) to pass a new tax bill, which in an election year is similar to harakiri; or 2) simply to go on borrowing money, thereby creating a larger deficit and running the public debt beyond the statutory $45,000,000,000 limit...
...ostracism came to them or their half-caste children. Moreover, the Dutch have scrupulously refused to allow the slightest tampering with the natives' moral code, even going so far as to bar missionaries in some islands. But the native living standard is little, if any, higher than in similar British colonies. If the Dutch have experienced fewer revolts in The Indies than the British have in India, it is largely because the natives of the Indies are by & large more indolent. Besides, the fact that they are split among more than 150 different races and languages tends to make...
...sixth. To gather in these riches, colonial Dutchmen are rewarded as handsomely as any similar group in the world. In 1935, of 85,000 Europeans earning a living in the East Indies, some 64,000 were taxed on incomes of more than $4,500 a year; 22,500 between $20,000 and $60,000 a year. But more significant was what this trade did to The Netherlands. Dutch investments in the East Indies were valued at $1,158,000,000. And today one-sixth of The Netherlands' population is dependent upon the colonial trade...
Sweden's large-scale purchases of munitions, fuels, certain foods and other "preparedness goods" were revealed to have run up during the past nine months an import balance of 345,000,000 kronor, whereas for the similar period last year Sweden's surplus of imports over exports was only a mildly depressing 140,000,000. Since War II broke, Dr. Wigforss revealed, Sweden has lost roughly 300,000,000 kronor of foreign exchange, due partly to "hot money" withdrawals by investors who are afraid the Soviet Union will yet muscle into Scandinavia as it has into the Baltic...
Aeroembolism. After rapid ascent to high altitudes a pilot may be attacked by sickness similar to the dread staggers, bends, or caisson disease of divers. Cause of "aeroembolism" is formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and spinal fluid. Symptoms are neuritis, joint pains, a heavy red rash, burning and stabbing pain in the lungs, a weird tingling "like a small compact colony of ants rushing madly over the surface of the body." For aeroembolism, only thing to do is come down in a hurry...