Word: spent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...soldiers return home, they will find a surplus of guns and ammunition and a shortage of food and clothes. When that time rolls around, don't you think it would be a good idea for Mr. Roosevelt to call his congressmen in and say: "Boys, we've spent several billions trying to help the poor and downtrodden get on top where the big fellows are (or used to be) but it don't seem to be getting us any place. What do you think about turning this relief business around by voting a few billions and turn...
...investigating committee discovered that $838,203.55 was spent by Communist strike leaders, only $194,754.09 accounted for; that after nine weeks the strike was settled for no better terms than employers had originally offered...
Born in a Kiplingesque Indian hill station 53 years ago, he first grew interested in aviation while on leave from his regiment, the Gurkha Rifles, in 1911. He spent his whole leave learning to fly, finally earned the Royal Aero Club's Certificate...
...transmitter cooling system, and WBBM had to go off the air. Almost immediately WBBM's switchboard was swamped with calls, all asking, "Who was the murderer?" The phone girl had to call CBS in Manhattan, whence the program had been coming, to find out. The next hour she spent replying: "The murderer was Mr. Wiggins. . . . The murderer was Mr. Wiggins. . . ." Next day WBBM called back another thousand who had left their numbers, reporting Mr. Wiggins' crime with trimmings...
...year ahead of Lupien on the minor league ladder leading to Boston is one Paul Campbell, plucked off the North Carolina campus. Campbell spent last year in Louisville and did a corking job at first base. Then, of course, there is always a fellow named Foxx on hand when the Back Bay Bombers trek south for the opening practices...