Word: spurring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roots. Historical events do not have exact beginnings; no one could fix the moment of conception of the Bolshevik-Nazi deal. That it came naturally from long-standing desires for a German-Russian understanding was too vague, that it was a spur-of-the-moment deal was impossible. But January 12 of this year may have been the turning point. At a New Year's party in his glittering new Chancellery, Adolf Hitler surprised diplomats by having a long, amiable talk with Russian Ambassador Alexei Fedorovich Mere-kalov. Hitler speaks no Russian, the Ambassador little German, but they understood...
...Auctioneer William J. Thomson, grandson of the 1839 William J., knocked them down at prices ranging from $6,000 for the silver to $100 for the chromium to bigwig tea merchants, brokers and producers. Thus celebrated was the Empire Tea Centenary; thus furthered was a publicity drive to spur Britain's great tea trade...
...Depression II, stimulated consumer industries (liquor, shoes, automobiles, etc.) but left heavy industry (steel, coal, railroads, etc.) in the lurch, no genuine U. S. prosperity has resulted. Last week one grandiose cure-all and one specific remedy were expounded before a Senate sub-committee considering incentive taxation as a spur to industrial adoption of profit-sharing plans (TIME...
...fact that M.I.T. is offering several good technical and mathematical courses in this subject is far from being a spur to Harvard's Department of Geography. On the one hand, fears that a meteorological course would only be a poor second to the courses at Tech., and, on the other hand, the knowledge that no one could teach an elementary course in the subject as well as the late Professor Ward of Harvard, have persuaded members of the Department to omit five vital courses. Certainly Professor Brooks is more than competent to give an introductory course, and failing him, there...
...members of his own family. Jonkheer Six likes to point out that both the U. S. and Holland are creditor nations, that their trade needs complement each other. Last January he and Dr. E. H. von Baumhauer went to the U. S. to see about forming an organization to spur mutual trade...