Word: trades
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were President," said Senator Copeland, "I would call together a group of businessmen who understand conditions ... for the reestablishment of trade and the return of Happiness everywhere...
...vote of 239 to 120; 2) Proposal to give a condemned soldier right of appeal to a civil court, by a vote of 193 to 120; 2) Proposal that a holdier, upon enlistment, may choose to refuse duty if called to aid the civil power in connection with a trade dispute, strike, etc., by a vote...
...Green and White Mountains so cut up the terrain that large scale agriculture is impossible; the natural water power facilities will soon be surpassed by those developed by other districts; and the geographical location is not central enough to exert a powerful effect on the course of national trade. So say the ravens...
This is what Mr. Wignall has to say of the institution of which he writes the life history: "there have been few epoch-making changes in the two hundred odd years that have passed since pugilism first became a recognized trade. I do not call it a sport. . . . Professional boxers are tradesmen. They whirl their fists to purchase expensive cars or else to buy coffee-stall suppers...
...Wednesday morning, in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, 1,200 highway signs, brightly painted with the Zerolene trade-mark and the Red Crown Gasoline trade-mark greeted the sun. By Thursday sunset, not one remained. They had been demolished in the interest of beauty by order of the Standard Oil Co, of California...