Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were brought out, admitted that under the terms of the bill his 17,000 employes would have no funds to work with, that, except for rural rehabilitation (taken over by WPA), all his other labors (subsistence homesteads, suburban resettlement, purchase of submarginal lands, etc.) would come to a full stop...
...eyesight, hearing, memory and intelligence were excellent to the end. He lived a useful and active life until the end." Of her late mate's guardians, says Mrs. Lowe: "Our Government in Washington is the best organized and greatest band of super-gangsters and criminals on earth. They stop at nothing where there is a dollar in sight...
...matter of railroading. Since the first well was brought in last July, K. C. S. business in northern Louisiana has increased thousands of dollars a month. Big U. S. oil companies have been rushing in men and equipment, changing the small town of Rodessa from a sleepy whistle-stop to a booming paradise for real estate swappers. A townsite lot in Rodessa lately sold for $30,000 cash. Population has climbed from 135 to 4,000. Baptist Preacher John W. Wynn of Shreveport came out of retirement to minister to Rodessa's needs, says he has worn out three...
Equipped with a stop-watch he appeared at the Museum just before midnight. Unlocking the large front door, he entered the deserted building, glanced at the watch, and strode up the stairs. Reaching the top floor he again noted the time, remained motionless for precisely three minutes, and then walked to the head of another staricase. Here he again consulted the stop-watch, and paused for three minutes before descending to the ground floor. Once more he glanced at his watch, left the building, and disappeared in the night...
...period when favorable financial statements, increasing carloadings, bloated surplus bank reserves and low money rates point to rising prices on the stock market, brokers, politicians and business men face one vital issue. Can the federal government stop a runaway bull market? Optimists point hopefully at the recent regulations on short sales, the flexible margin requirements, and wide discretionary authority vested in the SEC and the Federal Reserve Board. But as Mr. LeFevre points out in the current Saturday Evening Post, all of these panaceas may prove futile unless the unscientific income tax imposed on capital gains is repealed...