Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tariff side Chancellor Chamberlain of course reduced by not one inch or penny Great Britain's brand new tariff wall. The Chancellor announced a new duty on "foreign tea" of fourpence a pound, on "Empire tea," of twopence a pound. But tea-loving and beer-loving Englishmen had also expected Mr. Chamberlain to cut the beer...
Definitely a politician?a bargainer and adjuster?Chancellor Chamberlain now looks forward to the Imperial Conference at Ottawa next summer as his chief hope for Empire recovery. His object will be to exclude non-Empire goods by an Empire tariff wall around the Mother Country and Dominions, this with the avowed plan of later bargaining with other high-tariff countries...
...length. Oozy ground sucked at the wheels, kept him from attaining the 70 m. p. h. required to zoom off. Toward the end of the runway, going about 50 m. p. h., the ship bounced off a low mound, cut through heavy undergrowth, somersaulted over a stone wall. Hawks cut the motor in time, saved himself from cremation...
...most likely to go. They are not an integral part of the Middle West system, they could be articulated with existing companies whose bankers never approved of Mr. Insull's march to the sea. While Middle West Utilities reported earnings of $17,138,000 last year, the Wall Street Journal last week implied that depreciation charges were too low, that actual earnings from operations were only some...
...students had known of the privilege, they would it is to be hoped, have taken advantage of it. The practice might gradually take its place as a tradition in the Houses more mature than other traditions of recent concoction. Naturally the museum should not become a clearing-house for wall decorations, but it would offer a means for the enjoyment of art. It might also cooperate with House exhibitions...