Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reclines upon the sunny sands. . . assimilating the wisdom he has acquired on the 'Grand Tour.'. . . They are proud to realize that his motto has been to improve each shining hour, even if this has meant activities far into the night. ... To the itinerant Mr. Walker falls the task of noting, marking and inwardly digesting . . . information, and doing it within a brief respite after a tour of inspection of Venetian ballrooms lasting until 5 a. m. Naturally he is looking forward to a real vacation when he returns from this strenuous 'Student-Reise...
...branches gently. The cylinders slide backwards horizontally on their bases at the same speed as the whole machine is moving forward. This saves the branches from being torn off the bushes. By the time the cylinders reach the end of the backward slide, their spindles have finished the task of combing all loose fibres off the branches and out of opened bolls. The branches are released. The fibres are brushed off the spindles by "doffers." Cylinders and spindles move forward again, ready for the next bush...
Long ago?in the early spring of 1924?Congress embarked upon the task of succoring the farmer. Two plans were vigorously suggested: 1) the McNary-Haugen bill which provided for a huge Government brokerage corporation to buy the farmers' crops and virtually fix the market prices, operating expenses being paid by an equalization fee (crop tax), collected from the farmers; 2) the Norbeck-Burtness bill which would aid the agrarian by lending him Government money...
Such a trip, observers thought, would be of the very biggest empire service, since it would enable all Canadians to see what a very satisfactory sort of man lives at No. 10 Downing Street, London, and performs the great task which Britons proudly term "muddling through." Typical of friendly Canadian comment last week was an item boxed on the front page of the Toronto Globe...
...than 8,000,000,000 francs; third, to increase the Treasury reserves from 50,000,000 francs ($2,000,000) to 25,000,000,000 francs ($1,000,000,000); and lastly, to restore the credit of France. No statesman and probably no man has performed so great a task within the year just passed...