Word: boomingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boomed Delegate Arthur Hayday for British Labor: "Even if war is avoided, what is going to happen when the armaments boom bursts? . . . There are sufficient democratic nations in the world to come to an understanding whereby they could impose peace...
There are only a few faults, all miner. First, some of the illustrations appeared 'n the "Time" parody. What with the cost of cuts, however, and the boom just on its way, the business board can't be blamed for skimping. Second, the literary services offered by the Harvard Square Bureaus of Culture should certainly have appeared under Classified ads. Third, none of the articles is signed; hence no individuals can be congratulated. This smacks of collectivism, but, Red or not, this issue of the Advocate deserves to be read...
...sooner had trading ended in May contracts than speculative attention shifted to July and September contracts, both of which carried on the corn boom by spurting the full 4?-per-bu. limit allowed in one session. No matter how tall the corn grows this year, the 1937 crop will not start to market until October. July corn got above as the high as $1.25 per bu., nearly 10?above the same wheat delivery. And the terrific demand for grain in hand for settlement of May contracts continued to be visible in a 13?to 14? premium on cash corn...
...from his home in Palo Alto to inspect the Jumbo, was greatly impressed, advised the Austins to hang on (TIME, Aug. 31). George Austin announced that he would not sell at any price. Discovery of unsuspected veins last autumn added to Jumbo's lustre, touched off a local boom in surrounding territory...
...well have expected his career to achieve oaklike stature. Born (1892) in Fulton, Ky. where his father tended bar, he spent his barefoot childhood in the peaceful democracy of a small provincial town. Shortly before Prohibition shut down on Hickman County, Father Rascoe moved his family to the cruder boom environment of Shawnee, Okla. There Burton grew up with his peers, played football and baseball, fell in love and out again. But inwardly he was not so conformist; at 15 he confided to his journal: "My inward thoughts on things now differ so greatly from the thoughts of people about...