Word: bound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...different category, having no treaty among themselves (as in Central America) governing recognition of revolutionary regimes. Days before the recognitions were granted, Citizen Calvin Coolidge in his daily syndicated article baldly and prophetically summarized: "It is well known that we have little sympathy with revolution. . . . [But] we are bound by ties of sympathy and friendship to the people of the Argentine. We have large commercial interests with them...
...come now to Homo Americanus. He works for work's sake, like an artist for art's sake. He does not know when to stop and, in fact, never stops at all, so that the result is bound to be stupendous overproduction followed by world depression...
...critical comment on such a suggestion must of necessity begin with that platitude which concerns the two sides of every question. There can be no doubt, particularly in view of the tutorial system, that in a field as general--even slightly chaotic--as Economics, there are bound to be certain courses which overlap. This being true, it is equally obvious that a student is wasting his time on any course the subject matter of which he has already covered. Divisionals must be faced and information of a diverse nature must be acquired. The question is, should a student be credited...
...white couple on the highroad near De Kalb, Miss., took from them $45. Last week feeling in De Kalb ran high against Pig and Holly. Therefore two policemen put them in an automobile, started to transfer them to Scooba, Miss, for a preliminary court hearing. Townsmen intercepted the motor, bound the policemen to trees, hanged Pig and Holly from other trees - 14th and 15th lynchees of the year...
...Long Road. Given an inferior actor for the leading role. The Long Road might have been a well-documented, thoughtful, but overlong play. Playwright Hugh Stange (Veneer, Fog-Bound) apparently has a talent for the sort of literary clairvoyance which goes well in novels, but he lacks the ability to condense, solidify and invigorate his material for dramatic presentation. Only a superior player like Otto Kruger (The Game of Love & Death, Karl & Anna), whose Barrymorose features were used to great success in The Royal Family, could have succeeded in interpreting the nuances of Playwright Stange, breathing the breath of life...