Word: basic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prove inadequate to meet the added burden of the next few months. The responsibility rests upon the State. It is idle for us to speculate upon actions which may be taken by the Federal Government. ... It is true the Federal Government may take action to eradicate some of the basic causes of our present troubles . . . may come forward with a definite construction program on a truly large scale . . . may adopt a well thought out, concrete policy which will start the wheels of industry moving. . . . But the State of New York cannot wait for that. It must itself make available...
...first full-length comedy made by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Hopelessly in effectual in all their doings, they are particularly and painfully inefficient in this picture. First shown planning to manufacture homebrew, they are next seen being sentenced to prison because of their clumsiness. Added to the basic handicap of the Laurel face - blank, ugly, absurd -is the handicap in Pardon Us of a loose tooth which causes him to punctuate all his sentences with a vulgar and sarcastic noise...
August's advent revealed no improvement in the general level of U. S. business. Although shoe factories and wool mills were busy, basic industries remained prostrate. Earnings statements continued to make mostly poor reading...
...Ziegfeld theatre. Publisher Kobler of the Mirror is supposed to have a "slice" of the production; so is Ticket Broker Joe Leblang's widow. Working for others, Ziggy felt he must be surer than ever of success. Accordingly he aimed pointblank at the middle-aged male who is the basic support of all girl shows, by having shapely Faith Bacon open the proceedings with nothing on at all. Gladys Glad, still rated as the most perfect "Zig" ever discovered, was paraded after Miss Bacon, led out by handsome, hard-working Harry Richman, to whom few tired businessmen's wives...
...four-cylinder car which felt like an eight was a new Plymouth soon to be launched by Chrysler Corp. Chief claim of the new car will be its vibrationless-ness, resulting from a patented development which Chrysler engineers call a basic change in construction. But chief reason why other motor-makers await the new Plymouth's appearance (early in July) with keen interest is that it is expected to sell around $500, to compete with Chevrolet and Ford. Ever since...