Word: commonality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cream of this season's literature" you have as Fiction, Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis as the second book in the list. But on p. 38 under heading of "Bible Boar" you have a scathing criticism of the book in nearly four columns. . . . Such a book in any common use of the word is not "good" and should not be considered or advertised as "Cream." Such contradictions hurt TIME by destroying confidence. It hurts the reader by his losing a guide to good books. It hurts the author of the book . . . and it hurts the publishers, who with...
Nature Of The Debts: Were the sums loaned originally regarded by Congress not as "loans" but as "contributions" to a common cause? Secretary Mellon's answer...
...francs and in pounds. We did not get those francs and pounds on credit-we paid cash for them, except possibly in a few comparatively minor instances. In other words, we paid cash for the goods and services necessary to enable us to make our joint contribution to the common cause. Our associates got the goods and services purchased in this country necessary to enable them to make that part of their joint contribution on credit. Here is the fundamental reason which explains why we ended the War with everyone owing us and our owing...
...That was why he found himself in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. After a ten-day trial and acting under specific, simple instruction from Judge William Hitz, the jury pronounced Mr. Sinclair guilty of contempt-a misdemeanor punishable with one to twelve months in a "common jail," and a fine ranging from...
...start from Willards Tavern, according to accounts a worthy pub which stood where the carbarn is today, and it took an hour, when the roads were in good condition, to get to Boston. In the Spring, when the roads were thick and deep with mud, it was a common experience for the passengers to climb out of their coach and lift the wheels out of the mire. The service was more or less irregular, and persons waiting for the omnibus at the Cambridge end, were able to pass the time pleasantly in the tavern until the time of their departure...