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Word: findings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public enterprise which is economically warranted must reflect in some direction the benefit which accrues thereby. And if we could only find that element in the public economy which reflects the benefit, and use that, and that only, as the basis of taxation, it seems that a large part of our tax difficulties might disappear. Let us examine, then, the elements in the public economy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: G. H. DUNCAN WRITES ON PROBLEM OF TAXATION | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...United States Lawn Tennis Association took a step in the right direction when it decided to find out the possibilities of holding an open tournament for amateurs and pros alike next fall. It is understood that the association intends to go ahead with the idea if enough players can be induced to enter, regardless of what the attitude of the international tennis body may be when it meets in Paris...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...Vagabond is fully conscious that anything he might say about Professor Copeland and the annual Christmas Reading would be entirely superfluous. Those who read this column will find some way to crowd into the Union Dining Room tonight not later than half past eight. For it goes without saying, even the most casual of the Vagabond's comaraderie will have discovered for himself that Copey is on the calendar today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...railroad systems. Congress was asked to make a "thorough investigation" of this latest corporate custom by which the I. C. C. feared its plan for rail consolidations "is very likely to be partially or even wholly defeated." The Commission admitted that for such a new threat it could not find an appropriate remedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: New Threat | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...Arrive ten minutes before the hounds are scheduled to start. If the fixture is near you, hack to it so as to find your seat. But do not take a short-cut through likely coverts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Foxcatcher Don'ts | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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