Word: withholding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aggressive Mr. Wannamaker, President of the American Cotton Association, has again launched his favorite project-to withhold the cotton crop until it reaches a price level where farmers can make what he calls "a legitimate profit." This suggestion is extraordinary enough, coming as it does in this day of practically 30-cent cotton. But the means by which it is to be realized are more extraordinary still. Mr. Wannamaker's "plan" is to have individuals, clubs and corporations buy many bales of cotton, store them in warehouses, and borrow on the warehouse receipts at banks for a period...
...American golfers displayed was as great as the traditional dogged determination of the most determined Englishman. Although one may still be so benighted as not to understand the meaning of "stymie" or "birdie" or "chip shot", neither Briton nor American who has heard the story of the contest will withhold a hand of sincere congratulation for the victorious team...
Under the existing order of things the Government claims a half share of all discoveries made in its territory, the remaining half becoming the unconditional property of the finder. Discoverers at present excavating in Egypt have prevailed upon their respective governments to persuade Egypt to withhold the new law. He points out that neither the American nor the British public would subscribe funds for Egyptian excavations if all the antiquities discovered are to become the property of the Egyptian Government...
...judges of the essays are selected from the Dante Society. If the judges decide that no essay submitted to them deserves the full prize, they are at liberty to withhold the prize, or to award one or two $50 prizes, at their discretion. All inquires are to be addressed to Professor C. H. Grandgent...
...Radcliffe College, and is awarded for merit in work in the field of American Literature. The terms of competition are fixed from time to time by the Department of English, with the approval of the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory or his representative. The Department is instructed to withhold the prize unless it is clearly merited, and any unexpended income may be either added to the principal or reserved to increase the amount of the prize in a subsequent year...