Word: exaction
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...delighted Latin Americans seemed to expect prompt and sweeping tariff abatements as the first card in the new deal. Only President in the world actually to speak out on the U. S. election was Chile's Acting President Abraham Oyanedel. "The program of the Democrats," he cried, "is in exact alignment with Chilean aspirations! . . . A mutual reduction of tariff barriers is of transcendental importance...
...similarity between the contentions of Blackstone and Mrs. Eddy, Judge Hill said, "Their statements and logic agree in substance and in fact. They agree that the basis of law is divine, and that divine law is revealed through the Scriptures and must be discovered therein; and they are in exact accord with the fact that divine law is sufficient under all circumstances to meet the needs of mankind...
...department of doll architecture is not only able but eager to make any tycoon's child happy with an exact model of her own home, working either from photographs or plans. Prices, they promise, will not be exorbitant. Unemployed draughtsmen and department stores are not the only people to benefit. Frames for the doll houses are made at Greenwich House Workshops, a semi-charitable institution to teach handiwork to New York children. Each doll house bears a Delano & Aldrich label, is a fine advertisement for the firm...
...exact duration and type of the celebration to be held, is speculative. Many suggestions have been received regarding possible ways in which to mark the 300th year of Harvard's existence. A pageant, an athletic Olympiad, class reunions, a week of commemorative exercises throughout the University and various programs to be led by some of Harvard's distinguished sons, are among the many suggestions already received...
...object of the present revision is to present in an orderly and exact form the ordinances now in force in Cambridge. To do this, Professor Landis and his assistants will be obliged to examine all the ordinances now in effect that have been passed by the council since 1912 and balance them with all the opinions of the city solicitor," continued the Mayor...