Word: assets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...play has minimized the difficulty of gaining a mental equilibrium, which, however intangible it may sound, is a determining factor in any sport. F. L. Young '33, one of the few Seniors on the squad, has improved in the last week or so, and is now considered a valuable asset against Yale. H. V. Blaxter '33, who has played on the A team most of the season has a good chance of scoring his point for a Crimson victory; while S. G. Haskins '35, the only Sophomore among the first ten players, couples a slightly unorthodox style of playing with...
...large messages of sympathy and relief flooded in upon President-elect Roosevelt. To a man, his country rose to applaud his cool courage in the face of Death. All minor political discords were hushed in the paean of popular rejoicing at his escape. The Miami episode added one more asset to the large store Franklin Roosevelt already has to take into the White House: he is a martyr President at the start of his term...
...this simple process President Odium was indirectly acquiring the underlying securities at a big discount from their market value. Last week he revealed how well he had bought. While the stock-market as a whole had declined 75%, Atlas common stock in three years had increased 40% in asset value to $7.02 a share. With most of its holdings written down to market and the rest to $1. Atlas' reported total assets...
...outdone by competing compatriots, Mr. Otkar, Manhattan antique-dealer, shut up shop. His principal remaining asset, one large antique bed, was a problem which the timely arrival of Morris Rosenberg, a penniless fiddler, helped him to solve. Together they lugged it to Central Park. A lucky encounter with a Mr. Sweeney, street-cleaner with a yearning to play the violin, got them a D. S. C. hut to shelter them. Daytimes, Rosenberg fiddled for pennies on street corners, Mr. Otkar prowled around, stole occasional eggs. Evenings, Rosenberg taught Mr. Sweeney how to fiddle. When Mr. Otkar came back one night...
...orthodox-i.e, colorless - in your write ups. Don't do it. In the case of the President-elect your out spoken frankness is less pointed than the prevailing skeleton-in -the -cupboard attitude. Achievement is enhanced by physical handicap. Along with your range and terseness your great asset is your lifelike picturing of humans and happenings. Carry on, TIME. A. S. MACGREGOR East Aurora, X. Y. No clear majority of readers "commands otherwise." Scores of letters through last week: 238 con, 252 pro. This TIME construes as a firm mandate to continue mirroring Nature with respect to President...