Word: standard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only on residence in Biblical times but on the fact that there has always been a Jewish settlement in Palestine since then. Furthermore, Jewish colonization has not and would not deprive Arabs of their land or oust them from the country. With the advent of the Zionists, the Arab standard of living has risen, and the Arab population has almost doubled due to immigration from other Arab countries and to a declining death rate as a result of Jewish medical services...
Since text books are the primary need of the universities, the plan is to make a collection of old standard works to be sent free of charge through the Smithsonian Institute which is organizing the drive throughout the country. The center of collection will be the east side door of Widener, but the committee of House representatives appointed by Phillips Brooks House will also aid collecting...
...practice the Navy therefore gave a slight edge to Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews' defending "Blacks" as they steamed to sea in cruise formation (standard with all navies) to protect the vital Panama Canal from salty Vice Admiral E. C. ("Old Man") Kalbfus' attacking "Whites...
...Exciting examples: Joseph Chase Allen's "With The Fishermen" in the Martha's Vineyard Gazette (tangy dockside gossip about a picturesque industry); Douglas Meador's "Trail Dust" in his Matador, Tex., Tribune (sentimental homilies on the old Southwest) ; "The Pole Cat Editor" of the Sikeston, Mo. Standard...
Then he teamed up with the Rothschilds and Sir Marcus Samuel, who had made Shell Transport & Trading Co. the most powerful oil company in England. They fought Standard Oil for a market in China, won it in spite of the millions of kerosene lamps Standard gave away. By this time Deterding was director of the combined companies, now known as the Royal Dutch-Shell group. For the next decade he busied himself grabbing up oil properties in Venezuela, Mexico, California...