Word: complexities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Should the Guild put aside its "white collar complex" and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, like the shirt-sleeved compositors upstairs and the overalled pressmen down? The convention sidestepped that fundamental question by adopting the proposal of its president, shaggy, drawling Heywood Broun, to postpone discussion for a year. Then the delegates opened their arms in welcome to their newest hero...
...skillfull discharge of his duties he has played an important part in demonstrating the superiority of the system of med- ical examiners as compared with the old coroner system. The ancient office of coroner involved such a combination of legal and medical duties as to make it unsuitable for complex, modern conditions. It was condemned in this state in 1878, and the medical examiners system was instituted. A recent survey of the situation by a committee of the National Research Council has led to the statement that the office of coroner is an anachronism, and should be abolished, the medical...
...Almost the first thing that an American regains when business recovers a little is his resentment to administrative interference in his affairs. Upon such a complex it would be impossible to impose a planned economy. There are other reasons why such a scheme is impracticable. The existence of plenty is a condition of liberty and multiplies the individual choices thus making it intractable to planning. In an economy of plenty the consumer is the master of the situation, while a planned economy demands that the producer be the master...
...problem of European armaments is complex; if we are to get anywhere with it we must first park our emotions outside. Pacifists and militarists alike have indulged in a good deal of loose talk on the subject. Most pacifists are not sufficiently informed; their arguments and accusations frequently boil down to nothing more substantial than Sir Arthur Eddington's definition of the Quantum Theory -- i.e., "Something unknown is doing we don't know what." Most militarists are insincere...
Barbara Stanwyck as "Gambling Lady" successfully plays her way through an unusually complex plot. Her father, Mike, the "last of the honest gamblers," commits suicide, in preference to turning dishonest, when he goes broke. Lady Lee gets a job with a crooked gambling syndicate and despite all temptations, she always plays on the square. While playing poker for the syndicate, on Park Avenue, Lady meets wealthy young Garry Madison (Joel McCrea), who falls for her and pursues her everywhere, even after she goes to jail for the crooked dealings of her syndicate. Finally she marries him, only to find...