Word: belief
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hall in 1930. The League, founded by a group of women suffragists, had for 40 years provided a platform for civic reformers, outstanding Americans from William Jennings Bryan to Will Rogers, and music concerts. But George Denny conceived a bigger mission for Town Hall. With a zealot's belief that revival of the old New England town meeting was needed to make democracy work, he began in 1935 to put on a weekly town meeting demonstration in Town Hall for a nation-wide radio audience. Soon a good part of the U. S. population was listening to his verbal...
...Hemenway gymnasium, in an interview last night at the gymnasium. Citing the large number of accidents last year in skiing and Dr. Bock's report last year in which it was stated that injuries in skiing outnumbered the injuries in football at Harvard, he said, "It is my firm belief that most of these ski injuries are caused by lack of being in condition...
...public debate on the referendum has brought to light two important facts. It has revealed the surprising number of people who believe that nothing should be done to hinder American participation in an overseas war, and it has shown the popularity of the strange belief that "a revitalized American foreign policy" for peace (to quote from your editorial) needs the sanction of a nation ready to go to war at the drop of a hat. Robert S. Brainerd...
...always been my belief that this generation would do better to get the best out of its existing system rather than to urge theoretical systems. . . . The only agency with the power to condition capitalism and industrialism to survive is the Government. To this end I have supported, in general, the program of reform called the New Deal, with far more doubts about its adequacy than about its moderation...
Most U. S. artists are the opposite of prolific, and only a few can live comfortably on their sales without some form of continuing support such as WPA has provided. Contrary to popular belief, in most cases it is not the dealer but the artist who pays for the gallery show by which public and critical attention is attracted to his work. Usual cost: anywhere from $150 for a modest show to $500 for a big one with a cocktail party preview. About the lowest price on a first-rate U. S. painting last year was $100. The highest price...