Word: bound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Convention is being held this week. In prospect was a hot fight between Governor Roosevelt backing Herbert Lehman for the gubernatorial nomination and Tammany supporting Albany's Mayor John Boyd Thachcr. Brooding over the confused scene was Alfred Emanuel Smith. Citizen Smith favored the Lehman nomination but he was bound by pledges of non-interference with Tammany's wishes which he had given at the Chicago convention. That the G. 0. P. would nominate William Joseph ("Wild Bill") Donovan?Irish. Roman Catholic, an American Legionary ?for Governor impressed upon the Democrats at Albany the necessity of picking the most...
...second reason for the failure of the Communist party is that its political propaganda is little adapted to the development of strong and indigenous parties in the countries of Central and Western Europe. The chief thesis of its propaganda is the defense of Russia against capitalism. This is bound to have small appeal in Western Europe, for the laboring classes there, as in the United States, are primarily interested in more immediate gains, such as higher wages, better working conditions, and unemployment insurance. Until the Communist party shows more skill in and plays more attention to devising a German program...
...being a good businessman. His plays have been profitable. Last week he increased his stake in the entertainment business by forming an Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc., with offices in Manhattan. Its main purpose is to sell programs to advertising agencies and stations. Producer Arthur Hopkins (What Price Glory?, Paris Bound, Burlesque, The Jest) is associated with him, will obtain theatrical talent. Ota Gygi, a violinist, will handle the musical end. At the outset the company had $1,000,000 of business in hand but would reveal the names of no clients except The Texas Co. Both Mr. Wynn...
...likewise during the same period. Throughout the course from the Renaissance on, the "Political and Social History of Modern Europe" by Bayes is used more frequently than last year and is used regularly the last month of the course. Another important change is the discarding of the old blue-bound Hazen's "Modern European History," which was used almost exclusively for the early 19th Century part of the course. The textbook to be substituted for Hazen will be "Europe in the Nineteenth Century" by Grant and Temperley, and like Hazen it will be used exclusively for three weeks...
...lamentably weak in his treatment of governmental theory. Belief in more democracy as a cure for the evils of democracy, and faith in a rather out-worn liberalism tend to weaken greatly the value of his constructive suggestions. And again, he fails to recognize that one generation is bound to try to teach the next the existing ideals and prejudices. People will not support schools which teach what are held to be subversive doctrines...