Word: autumn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...temper of the country has quieted down, so has its hero-worship of the man in the White House. Surveys agreed that public enthusiasm for Franklin Roosevelt was cooler today than in the confused autumn of 1934. Dr. George Gallup, professional surveyor of public taste (who calls himself the "American Institute of Public Opinion"), recently published a graph of the President's popularity showing that it reached a new low just after Congress adjourned. Last week Frazier Hunt, correspondent of Newspaper Enterprise Association, after a cross-country political reconnoissance, came to a similar conclusion. The opposition, though still...
...There are the gravest difficulties in having an election at any other time of the year than autumn or in the first six weeks of the new year." he began. "You find in nearly the last forty years the only exception to that rule was when I was Prime Minister in May, I think...
...essential functions in order to allow the election to take place. Therefore. I have long since come to the conclusion that you must rule out the spring and summer months because of financial business. You must rule out August and September because of the holidays. You are left autumn, but in no circumstances must you run into any interference with Christmas trade...
...imported singers are so sure of their Wagner that they needed little rehearsing. But the San Franciscans who sing the smaller roles have been drilled tirelessly all autumn. More difficult still has been the task of training an orchestra which has never before played the Ring. Five players had to be brought on from Manhattan, four to play the special Wagner tuben, one the drums. To start the spadework a month ago, Conductor Artur Bodanzky sent two of his assistants from the Metropolitan Opera. For the past fortnight he has been on the job in person, rehearsing as much...
Show. The New York Automobile Show opens this week, two months ahead of its traditional date. President Roosevelt asked the industry to advance its full-dress parade from winter to autumn in the in hope of evening up production, leveling out employment, extending the selling season. Automobile executives did not feel able to refuse the Administration's request after concessions made to them in the disputed Section 7A of the late NRA. With the early show and a pre-Christmas motor boom, fourth quarter sales may reach 900,000. Forecasts of 1936 production range from a modest...