Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Faiman's two-year sentence seemed to worry him only momentarily. Last week, out on $5,000 bond pending appeal, he had regained his old composure. With a persecuted air he complained: "There's some pressure coming from somewhere, but I don't know where it's from...
Tungsten Cartel. A federal district court found General Electric, two of its subsidiaries, and three of their officials guilty in an antitrust suit of conspiring with Germany's Krupp between 1927 and 1940 to monopolize world trade in tungsten and other hard metals. G.E., planning an appeal, claimed that "the law applicable to situations of this kind is in a state of utter chaos...
...first appeal went out for the necessary million dollars. But to the surprise of the committee which had volunteered to raise the money, the request was greeted by vigorous objection to the form the memorial was to take. Perhaps the general disilusion over the gains of the war or a more realistic approach to its causes brought harsh criticism from all sides as to the suitability of a church to remember those who died for distinctly non-religious reasons. Some cried that such a proposal was not utilitarian enough; others called it too utilitarian. One influential group found it completely...
Because the Red Book is an imposing volume, a kind of summing up of a First Year at Harvard, it is a burden to its sponsors, the Council. First, printing costs are temporarily high, and advertising appeal has always been low. The '49 Red Book, came out $1,000 behind; the following two books have taken a smaller beating. Publication expenses, it is true, may fall, and the Red Book can save by using Register photos--but as long as there is a deficit, the Council will have to meet...
...more difficult job than merely writing a play, a task Miss Gordon has twice before proved she could do. It requires both daring and discretion; the knowledge of one's boundaries is essential for its success. But most of all, the playwright needs an icon with more general appeal than Miss Gordon. She is a fine actress, very feminine and tender. She has a funny little was of running up the musical scale when she speaks, letting her voice crack, gently, half the way up. But as the great and brilliant actress who can't "go on" when her acting...