Word: woole
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard welcomes the opportunity to meet increasingly rugged opposition in early-season contests. The University has too long laid itself open to adverse criticism and the charge of wrapping itself in cotton wool. The new schedule will effectually silence all such complaints...
...Flour, 16.75 11.00 68 Gingham, .27 1/2 .20 74 Hides, .55 .24 44 Leather, 2.90 2.40 83 Lard, .25 .19 76 Potatoes, 7.50 3.25 43 Rice, .15 .09 60 Rubber, .48 .24 50 Silk, 17.80 5.00 28 Sugar, .15 .12 80 Tea, .31 .20 65 Tobacco, .52 .30 58 Wool, 1.65 1.10 67 Worsted Yarns...
Speaking of the relations between Belgium and Germany, he said. "There will not be friendship, but they will resume trade. Germany will be considered on merely business relations; there can be no sympathy for centuries. They literally exhausted the country. They wanted the copper, they wanted the wool, they wanted the cotton, they wanted everything." They were allowed to want, at the University of Louvain at least, for all the copper, including Professor De Wulf's six elaborate chandeliers, was collected in one of the college buildings. When the German officer demanded it, the president of the university replied...