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Word: whereases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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On the desk of Comptroller General John Raymond McCarl, whom President Roosevelt lately made watchdog of all emergency as well as regular Government expenditures, lay last week warrants for $100,000,000 worth of Treasury disbursements to Federal Housing Corp. Comptroller McCarl, without whose signature no Government money may be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ickes v. McCarl | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

In a rather facetious critical mood Mr. George Jean Nathan once observed that American high comedy failed because when one character had insulted another, something devastating was said in return; whereas, in English high comedy, the offended person simply strolled off the stage announcing that he was going out to...

Author: By H. F. K., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/12/1934 | See Source »

Senator Thomas and the monetary diehards are having it back and forth with a fine gusto about whether the Treasury shall reap the four billion or so of reward if the dollar is devalued. The best argument that the outraged sound money men seem able to muster is the moral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 1/9/1934 | See Source »

Results of Manager Sherrill's four and a half year administration appropriately climax the tale of how a group of decent energetic citizens rescued their town. The city paid 22% less for its street building materials in 1926 than it had in 1925. Dirt which had cost $1.35 a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Proud Queen | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

¶To encourage loyalty among its employes Manhattan's National City Bank allowed them in 1929 to purchase some 50,000 shares of its stock at the specially low price of $200 per share. Last week most of the employes completed their payments, took title to their stock, soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Downtown | 12/25/1933 | See Source »

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