Word: ladders
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...Ladder. Mrs. Dougherty's analogy, diffuse as it was, indicated how many a farmer explained away the paradox of disliking Government interference while voting for more. From 1920 on, U.S. farmers fought relentlessly for a standard of living on a par with that of city dwellers. The first real attempt to help them on a national scale, the McNary-Haugen bill, got through Congress, but was vetoed by Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and again in 1928. The Agricultural Adjustment Acts of the '303 finally began to raise the farmer's position on the U.S. economic ladder During...
...Turkish and South Korean soldiers leaped from the tailgate or climbed down a blue ladder to freedom...
...Roman animal. ... It is not my fault if the King is half-size. Naturally he won't be able to do the parade step without making himself ridiculous. He will hate it for the same reason that he has always hated horses-he has to use a ladder to climb...
...venture capital. Now high taxes have not only made it almost impossible to accumulate giant fortunes, but the growth of organized labor is bringing about a redistribution of U.S. wealth. The share of total personal income (after taxes) going to people on the top 7% of the economic ladder dropped from 27.4% to 18.3% from 1939 to 1948. The bottom 93%, on the other hand, increased their share from 72.6% to 81.7. The purse strings of capitalism are Being passed to the hands of the "little man." Why does he pull the strings so tight when it comes to buying...
While Sir Laurence Olivier and his actress wife Vivien Leigh gave a dinner party at their Buckinghamshire farm (the guests: Composer Sir William Walton, Actor Sir Ralph Richardson and their ladies), burglars got into the house. Using Olivier's own ladder, they looted a bedroom of $19,600 worth of jewels and furs. Gentleman Farmer ("I keep a few pigs") Olivier recalled that his London home had been robbed in March, decided: "It is just not our year." Jockey Sir Gordon Richards, on the other hand, was convinced that there is some honor among thieves when his stolen spurs...