Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...single shot was fired," hotly replied Mr. Hoover, breaking silence for the first time on last year's Battle of Anacostia Flats, "not a single person was injured by the troops called out in Washington in response to the appeal of local authorities. The troops ended the bloodshed which was then in progress through conflicts between rioters and police. The issue here is plain and not to be obscured by such misstatements...
...hundred per cent higher in the stories than when they are landed in New York. An even more incredible hocus-pocus is put forth by Edward Robinson in a piece called "Musical Slaughter-House"; with remarkably little solid evidence to support him, he advances the thesis that the appeal made to the people last spring to support the Metropolitan Opera by monetary contributions was really a plot of the directors to retain their control and block any efforts to move into a new theatre...
Commending TIME for its good work in putting out real news in the manner which must appeal to men of the military services, and with best wishes for its continued success, I am FRANK M. HENDRICKS...
Because there is little esthetic appeal in a postage stamp, prices are what make philatelic news. Last week's records: a 10? Baltimore postmaster stamp for $10,500 ($500 over its previous high); a 3? green on blue envelope of 1874 for $510; a 15? brown & blue 1869 with inverted center for $7,000 (1917 high...
Several insurance companies are refusing to grant compulsory auto liability policies to Harvard students, because, owing to numerous accidents, they are poor risks. State Insurance Commissioner Merton L. Brown, however, when he heard of this situation, made it known that any student so rejected can appeal to a special board created for the purpose. If the board finds that he is acceptable, some company will be forced to grant him a policy...