Word: thousands
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thousand ears cocked toward Governor Lehman's dedication: ". . . Saratoga Spa is not only a place for the chronically ill, but for those who although not afflicted with any organic or functional disorder, still are in need of rest and recuperation from unusual physical or nervous strain...
...That five thousand pounds a year for Malcolm MacDonald," shouted a Laborite backbencher, "was the price of his father's resignation as Prime Minister...
...stabilize the bituminous coal mining industry. ... I understand that questions of the Constitutionality of some of its provisions have arisen. . . . Manifestly, no one is in apposition to give assurance that the proposed act will withstand Constitutional tests, for the simple fact that you can get not ten but a thousand different legal opinions on the subject. But the situation is so urgent and the benefits of the legislation so evident that all doubts should be resolved in favor of the bill, leaving to the courts, in an, orderly fashion, the ultimate question of Constitutionality. A decision by the Supreme Court...
...Five thousand strong, a hopeful delegation of Croat peasants meanwhile cheered sexagenarian Croat Leader Vecheslav Wilder who cried: "We have endured seven lean years, given us by the Belgrade Dictatorship, but seven fat years lie ahead!" Seasoned old Croat rebels, such as famed Svetozar Pribitchevitch who now lurks in Paris, meanwhile slipped warning letters into Yugoslavia by secret courier. They feared that the Regent of Yugoslavia, Prince Paul, has developed Nazi leanings and chose M. Stoyadinovitch to be Premier for the purpose of shifting Yugoslavian policy a few points away from Paris and several points nearer Berlin. "Beware!" warned Rebel...
...upstairs to St. Patrick's Hall where waited President de Valera. Minister Owsley made a little prepared speech. The Free State President launched into a speech entirely in Gaelic, not a word of which did Minister Owsley understand. "Cead mille failte," cried de Valera, meaning "a hundred thousand welcomes." When the strange, rhythmic gurgling and throat-clearing stopped, Minister Owsley replied in his own broad Texas accent: "I am proud on this eventful occasion in this historic Dublin Castle...