Word: totaled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eccles claim that the total amount of debt (public and private) is no greater than in 1929: "As you know, our national income is only 60 billion dollars, whereas for 1929 it was 80 billion dollars. The income out of which these debts must be paid has shrunken 20 billion dollars. . . . Our burden is the same. Our strength is much less...
...Duce speaks fluent English. Premier Mussolini rushed forward and pump-handled his guest vigorously, then accompanied him to the palatial Villa Madama. Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano warmly greeted Lord Halifax. There was nothing of the lavish display put on in Rome for Adolf Hitler's visits. Total cost of Mr. Chamberlain's three-day entertainment was only $5,000. But the Italian people, many of whom believe that it was the British statesman and not II Duce who kept them out of a war in September, gave Mr. Chamberlain a warm welcome. Vivas were chalked on doorsteps...
Importers of goods from nations with which Argentina has an unfavorable trade balance-the U. S., Italy, Japan, Sweden and others-were ordered to procure special permits in order to bring in goods, effective January 1. The theory was that total value of permits would not be allowed to exceed the total value of Argentine exports to those countries. The catch has been that no permits for imports of U. S. automobiles, foodstuffs, tobacco, sporting goods, toys, etc. have been issued by the Government. General Motors Corp., for instance, with only a three months' supply of cars on hand...
...Hummert mill produces 50 serial scripts a week, a total of some 6,500,000 words a year. In their Greenwich, Conn. home Frank and Anne figure out the trends of their serials four to six weeks in advance, dictate outlines to a battery of stenographers. Outline for an episode (Backstage Wife) may read something like this: "Suspecting that Cynthia Valcourt murdered Candy Dolan with Ward Ellman's gun, after Tess left the fiat, Mary, Larry and Ward rush to Tony Valcourt's penthouse to have a talk with Tony and Cynthia, having sent Tess Morgan...
...more states, Kansas and Nebraska, have been added to the University's National Scholarship area in the first announcement of competitions for next year's awards. This brings the total up to 17 states in the Middle West, South, and Far West where the scholarships, carrying maximum stipends of $1,000, are offered to incoming Freshmen...