Word: assets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...does not see in the present administration any will to leave men free. . . . For the old American principle that government is a liability to be borne by the citizens for the sake of peace, order and security, the New Deal has substituted the notion that the government is an asset without which none of us can survive. ... Its growth becomes desirable in itself, instead of desirable only if it promotes the ease and expansion of the people's activities, the happiness and independence of their lives...
...river, ought to provide plenty of opposition for the Yardling crew. Harvey Love is confident that the boat will go well once the boys get the proper mileage and water conditions, but up to now the pent up strength has been as much of a hindrance as an asset. "I am pleased with the results of the time trial Tuesday when the first beat the second by a good three lengths and was going better than it had for a week," Harvey commented...
...sacrifice plenty to get his Norwegian loot. In order to keep the labor of digging, cutting and fishing under way, he must send into Norway just the things Germany can spare least-food, clothing, oil, coal and coke. Obviously he considered this temporary liability worth hazarding for the strategic asset involved: control of Swedish...
Evans makes the weakling Richard understandable, turns him-as his fortunes fail-into a pathetic if not sympathetic figure. Since the play is short on action but rich in language, it offers Evans his greatest chance to exploit his best asset-his melodious High-Church voice. When Evans took Richard II to Broadway early in 1937, this story of an abdicating English king gained piquancy and pathos because another English king had just abdicated. It goes on being effective with no help from the Windsors...
Little states that he had only a very small amount of experience before he came out. He picked the business board because he felt the business training to be derived there would be an asset in future life. Pemberton wanted to learn to meet different types of people and saw no better way than selling...