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...will not pay higher taxes!" boomed a fervent spokesman for the prosperous, bourgeois mobsters. "Let the State abandon its multiple functions!* Taxes must be lowered, not raised. If need be let the State raise money by a lottery...
Unmarried, young-looking for his 48 years, Augusto Rosso is called in Italy "the American Uncle," not because he likes the U. S. (which he does) but because he is rich. He smokes potent Tuscano cigars, rides horseback with furious abandon. Quick, dynamic, agreeable, he is expected quickly to become a potent force in the diplomatic corps at the Capital...
...coined by Japan to strengthen her pretense that Manchuria spontaneously revolted from China. It was War Minister Araki who brushed aside the Lytton Report as "an interesting travelogue." It became just that in Geneva last week as League statesmen drafted a resolution under which the League Assembly would virtually abandon any attempt to enforce the Lytton findings, thus bowing to "The Way of the Perfect Emperor"-i. e. to Japanese threats of withdrawal from the League...
...converted to the single tax by Henry George and became Cleveland's foremost Mayor (1901-09). George Jones, co-founder of the New York Times in 1851, is distinguished among Joneses and newspaper publishers by reason of having refused an offer of $5,000,000 to abandon his crusade against Tammany Boss William Marcy Tweed...
...Germany, because there the parturient woman may have her baby in a good public hospital without any charge. ... In America it seems that the comforts of the hospital compete with the disadvantages of apartments and hotels. . . . Furthermore, here also, with living conditions getting worse, many women are forced to abandon the expensive private physician and to choose cheaper or even charity hospitals. Besides this, the hospital delivery has great advantages over the delivery in the private home; better equipment, experienced assistants, and immediate help in case of emergency. Therefore, even if considered desirable, an attempt to stem the flow...