Word: broadest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...announced, are offered as a means of carrying out a recommendation by President Conant in his report of 1936-1937, when he said: "It seems clear...that it would be desirable for every college graduate to have a knowledge of the cultural history of the United States in the broadest sense of the term. . . . A true appreciation of this country's past might be the common denominator among educated men which would enable them to face the future united and unafraid...
...nationalistic influence. . . . Neither lowering of customs barriers, nor any other partial measure would put an end to the disorders which threaten peace. If we are really to avoid war and bring back humanity to more peaceful sentiments, we must have the courage to face economic questions in their broadest aspect and find a solution for such great problems threatening peace as these...
Sitting at a telephone, Prince Konoye quickly assembled what is still called "The Telephone Cabinet" and rates as one of the broadest assemblages of minds which ever comprised a Japanese Government. As was appropriate for a scion of one of the Godly Families, the Premier-Prince sought to unify the Empire, end party strife. "If I can make old enemies bury the hatchet and become friends," he said, "If I can weld the whole nation into one peaceful family with the Emperor as the father of the household, I shall be content...
Within two days the Premier had his Cabinet lined up-the broadest, most nearly "national" in Japan's history. In it were a count, two army and navy men, an airplane manufacturer, eight civilians (five of them from the House of Peers, two from the Diet's major parties). As chief secretary of the Cabinet the Premier chose Akira Kazami, a minor politician with no money. Kazami was as surprised by the appointment as the rest of Japan. With a deep belly laugh he roared: "Ha! Ha! Wisdom is not in my line; neither is money. Turn...
...best method of batting on Alf Landon, declined automatically. Next day, however, while trading on the New York stock exchange swelled to 3,600,000 shares, even the utilities perked up. Day after that the stockmarket paused for breath, having set a new high for Recovery in the third broadest day's trading in the history of the Exchange (973 issues...