Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such successful expeditions, Cooper's title to the land will be considerably shaken. The Cold Journey may not prove as popular as The Last of the Mohicans (it will never be a juvenile), but that would not necessarily mean it was a less worthy book. Even Cooper-addicts will admit that Author Stone has done a first-rate job. Her admirers will compare The Cold Journey favorably with Willa Gather's Shadow on the Rock...
...last week the Federal Reserve had loaned a measly $810,000 of the $280,000,000 available, and Jesse Jones's RFC only $8,040,000 out of $300,000,000. And Mr. Jones, showing signs of weariness from his vociferous efforts at pump-priming, was ready to admit last week that the banks as a whole were "doing their share in lending...
...liked the Roosevelt type of man. They're too much for show, too quick on the trigger for safety, too cozy with idealistic leadership. The antics of the present Administration are the craziest I've ever seen. As a man who has had to run a business, I'll admit that you have to experiment a little, take a little risk; but I do object to a lot of new thought politicians up in Washington taking wild, unnecessary risks in my name, sending me the bill, and demanding that I be 'idealistic' and constructive about it. The way they...
...Administration attack on rising prices was being prepared. The President led off by authorizing Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau to admit imports of livestock feed & forage duty free. Two other procedures were held in reserve: 1) reduction of tariffs on food; 2) use of AAA's power over all food processors, distributors and speculators to keep them from profiteering...
Seldom does Senator Huey Pierce Long publicly admit that anyone has told him to "go to Hell." Yet last week he announced the fact with evident delight. His own man, Governor Oscar Kelly Allen, had, he said, given him that unpleasant consignment...