Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Critics of H. R. 13,991 had the upper hand during the House debate. Its friends, armed with votes, made no spirited defense, beyond the hopeful prediction that it would somehow up commodity prices. Texas' Marvin Jones, chairman of the Agriculture Committee whose measure it was, warded off attacks with this query: "If you don't favor this, what form of farm relief do you favor?"-and no good answers were forthcoming. Of the lack of enthusiasm behind H. R. 13,991 he cried: "Did you ever see any enthusiasm in a sick room? Did you ever watch...
...Shanhaikwan, frontier city between Jehol and "China Proper" (Chinese of course consider Jehol and all Manchukuo part of China), the Japanese spoke their minds memorably. "We can assure the world we have no intention of advancing a foot beyond the Great Wall," said Japanese General Suzuki who was at that moment sitting well inside the Great Wall in Shanhaikwan at 40° below zero. "We have nothing to be ashamed of. The Chinese must come to us on bended knee...
That night the body of Calvin Coolidge lay on its own bed in its own room. Outside the window a half moon played tricks with night mists rising from the Mount Tom Meadows. Beyond the mist and the moonlight a people mourned the loss of its greatest private citizen, its only ex-President. . . . Smith College girls, just back from holidays, went to the Calvin Theatre as usual, saw Under-Cover Man on the screen. Northampton's Mayor Bliss announced that the city's merchants would draw their shades but keep their doors open during the funeral. Said...
...second time within a year, the Telegraph was confronted by a momentous story beyond its province. How to save its face? The news editor pondered. Horseracing? Cinema? It was impossible to associate Calvin Coolidge with either. Stage? . . . That was it! The editor sent a newshawk scurrying to the office of Sam Harris, producer of the satirical musicomedy Of Thee I Sing. Next day the Telegraph front-paged...
...belated culmination was hastened by the prospect of a remunerative spectacle so much needed for unhealthy budgets. The puerilities have been left in the past, and there is cause for rejoicing. The good offices of Yale and the Naval Academy in bringing about the reconciliation should not be forgotten. Beyond that, oblivion for the incident of 1926 is the most Harvard and Princeton can desire...