Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this country has ever asked for or received the dictatorial powers which would be yours through enactment of this bill. . . . The powers you require go far beyond those granted even to the President during those unparalleled days."-The Governor of the State of New York in a letter, last week, to the Mayor of New York City...
...President had a choice of two astute alternatives when he came to make up his budget: to balance the budget (which was possible if he denied himself "unforeseen" expenditures for fiscal 1935) or to unbalance the budget in a big way, to stagger the country with a deficit beyond all expectations. Few political quidnuncs failed to agree that he had chosen the more astute choice. Their varying reasons : 1) By telling the worst and putting the worst possible complexion on it he destroyed fears born of uncertainty, hastened the financial community's acceptance of the facts, cut down...
...text of the act states: "The act is to remain in effect only during the continuance of the emergency and in no event beyond May 1, 1935." In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Hughes explicitly placed himself on this ground, that "... the relief afforded and justified by the emergency in order not to contravene the constitutional provision, could only be of a character appropriate to that emergency and could only be granted under reasonable conditions." The conditions are reasonable because "... the integrity of the mortgage indebtedness is not impaired." Although in another part of the opinion, Chief Justice Hughes repeats...
...scheme of U. S. Director of Aeronautics Vidal for production of a small, cheap ($700) airplane got under way last week when the Public Works Administration allotted $500,000 for its development (TIME, Dec. 18). How his department would use the money, Director Vidal was not ready to say beyond repeating that the Government would not engage in manufacture. Best guess: a new company which would be formed especially to design and develop the "flivver" plane for mass production and in which the whole manufacturing industry would be represented...
...Colin Clive). It is an hour after their wedding, on a rainy September afternoon. Stella and John are standing under a leaky marquee. Laughing together, they get into their car to go away. The car skids into a lake which fussy old Mrs. Surrege (Frances Starr) has had built beyond the garden. John Clayne is fished out of the lake dead...