Word: alertly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after the Armistice as a patriotic non-political body, it was in the process of becoming the greatest Treasury-raiding machine the nation had ever seen. Shrewdly putting the pressure of its 900,000 ballots on both parties, it was the nation's greatest single political force, vigilantly alert for "un-Americanism" as it packed Congress with its members. A fellow-member, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was already in the White House and another would take his place if Alf M. Landon should win. History owed the Legion four presidents more...
...Talmadge eulogizer nor necessarily a Russellover, my kudos nevertheless to alert newsgathering by an able newshawk for your "Georgia" political article (TIME, p. 10-11, Sept...
Restlessness and sleeplessness being precisely what doctors try to attain in treating cases of mid-day drowsiness, called narcolepsy, a few doctors tried benzedrine solutions as remedy, found that narcoleptics became not only alert, but cheerful and energetic...
...basis of comparison, Author Tunis uncovered a post-graduate-report of Harvard's Class of 1811, found that a full quarter became lawyers, that most were politically alert, that many were distinguished public servants. Class of 1911 produced no mayor, governor, congressman, or state legislator. Largest occupational classification was "manufacturing," whose average income was $3,000. The insurance salesman, "of whom we have a number," received the lowest pay: $1,200. Remarks Author Tunis: "As long as taxation and the Government let them alone, they are complacently happy...
...confident that I express the opinion of thousands of alert readers and writers who have long been aware of John Dos Passes' excellent work when I send along my congratulations for TIME'S topflight review of The Big Money in the Aug. 10 issue. An able, critical estimate of which TIME'S Books editor may well be proud. AUGUST W. DERLETH...