Word: catch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During 1922-23 the fishing industry has recovered to prosperity from a dangerous situation reached during the post-War slump. New England vessel fisheries report a 6% increase in the catch over that of the preceding year, 45% more salmon was packed on the Pacific coast, and substantial advances were registered in the packing of Maine and California sardines and tuna, as well as in the production of fish oil and byproducts...
...Walpole, from threadbare materials, makes a story truly pathetic, in that it touches those material strings in us that vibrate with unreasonable animal regret. Pathos is material and animal always; it is a catch in the throat, a turning over of the heart--purely physical sympathy; and with this emotion Mr. Walpole moves us. But the plot of his story is too palpably outworn, and "The Enemy" fails of its full effect for this reason...
...swing toward prosperity. His foreign policy has failed to reopen foreign markets; his internal fiscal policy has taxed England white in order to bring English exchange to par to take advantage of that American inflation which has not yet occurred; and as a last resource he has attempted to catch his country unawares with a protective tariff, thinking, perhaps, to replace almost non-existent imports with home products. While England probably did not question his sincerity and honesty, she has certainly begun to question his acumen...
...distrait Princess of a mythical European country who is by way of being temporarily bored with her Royal Family. She takes up with a matador and follows him to his castle in Spain. Royal husband arrives in time to break up the affair, in time to let the commuters catch the 11:15 for Dobbs Ferry...
...Centralization" is one of those modern catch-words which drive men mad. It has indeed become more than a word, for as a fact it has spread everywhere. In journalism, however, one still looks for individualism and unhampered expression of opinion. Such fond fancies received a rude shock in England recently by the sale of the Hulton newspapers. These, numbering seven in all and published in London and Manchester, passed into the hands of Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook. The former is a brother of the late Lord Northcliffe and is said to have been mainly responsible for the latter...