Word: branch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consciously or unconsciously, from a standpoint of superiority. In other words the book is occupied with the business of proving how far we have advanced over the ridiculous actions of our ancestors, and especially our sentimental ones. One cannot help but receive the feeling while reading the book, that Branch does have that feeling in mind. It is not one of intentional scoff, but merely that the narration of the story of this weepy, sentimental yet struggling generation shows them up for what they were, a fact which inevitably leads to a superior feeling on our part for having advanced...
...history of the times it is extremely valuable, and it may well be hoped that Mr. Branch will see fit to carry his researches in this field on to another period in which he can present us with the same delightful story of its social history...
...first time in U. S. history last week a Congress elected in November began its first regular session in January instead of in the December following. Reason: the 20th Amendment to the Constitution adopted to make the legislative branch of the Government more quickly responsive to the popular will as registered at the polls. Vice President John Nance Garner gaveled to order a Senate which contained not one lame duck. Nebraska's old weary-faced Senator George William Norris, whose 20th Amendment outlawed defeated Congress men from the Capitol, looked and saw what was indeed a lame-duckless session...
...without a speck of publishing experience, was put in charge of the Times. He began life as a smalltime vaudeville hoofer. During the War his father died, left him a bankrupt laundry. From it Son George built the most successful laundry business in Washington, with 50 gaudy blue-&-gold branch stores on strategic street corners, each blazoning the slogan "Long Live Linen...
...national government. Nevertheless, within the framework of our constitutional system the state and local administrations continue to be of major importance. The result of decreasing interest in their workings has in too many cases simply retarded reform and fortified abuses in what has always been the weakest branch of our governmental system...