Word: commendable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...final stamp of nonpartisanship was placed on the Hoover proposal by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee and one of the President's severest political critics. Said he: "It is gratifying to be able to endorse and commend . . . the proclamation of the President. . . . His position shows statesmanship, courage and decision. . . . But I cannot pledge in advance the votes of Democratic Senators and Representatives...
...moving picture shows on the campus, we pay 251' and I would also like to point out that Mr. W. N. Reynolds is not President of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. but is chairman of the board. Otherwise the article was very satisfactory and I commend you most highly...
...cordially commend to all the people the observance of Better Homes Week," said President Hoover last week. "Everything that can be done to make home life pleasanter is a distinct contribution . . . to the highest spiritual values of life." As their contribution to Better Homes Week the President & Mrs. Hoover with six friends ate a meal (split pea soup, meat & rice loaf; baked potatoes, cabbage, carrot salad, lemon bread pudding) that cost 23.6¢ a plate, cooked and served by Girl Scouts at their Little House in Washington...
This is a system of athletic handling far removed from that in vogue at most American colleges. It offers much in the way of putting intercollegiate athletics on a far saner basis than they have been during the last fifteen or twenty years. One can only commend the Pennsylvania authorities for the courageous experiment they have undertaken. How it will work out will depend largely on the sincerity with which it is administered. If followed to the letter, it probably will result in Pennsylvania having to be satisfied with less efficient teams than some of those which have represented...
...searching scrutiny of Life as his class of person finds it today, a scrutiny that is very telling, sure of itself, well-expressed. The book is less a novel than a collection of notes and lectures on love, life, death, marriage, divorce, and as such has much to commend it. The plot and characters do not stand up under the pressure of expressing so much weighty thought...