Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that his nomination be withdrawn, suggested that Secretary of State Cordell Hull was more deserving of it. Since Mr. Hull, with equal modesty, had already told the Cubans that he thought the President deserved the Prize, eight Latin American republics who were preparing to line up for a costless compliment to their big Good Neighbor were left in a quandary...
...Steam are interconnected for exchange of steam. Manhattan's tall towers need most steam on early winter mornings when electric loads are light. So to New York Steam Consolidated has long lent steam from the boilers in its generating stations. In summer New York Steam returns the compliment. Steam's all-time peak load was Feb. 9, 1934, when the mercury in Manhattan thermometers shriveled to 13° below zero...
Next day U. S. Minister Bert Fish, one of northeastern Florida's wealthiest men, handsomely backed the Egyptians with many a mention of President Roosevelt's "good-neighbor policy." Declared Minister Fish: "The U. S. will pursue no exclusively national interest. . . . We warmly compliment Egypt on beginning her international career by choosing the way of friendly negotiation...
Except for a slight raggedness of singing and stage business, which may be ascribed to the fact that it was the opening evening, the performance ran off smoothly enough. Considering the magnitude of the stage effects and the number of changes, this is in the order of a compliment to the skillful production of Hassard Short. Imitating Hollywood to advantage, the producer has designed all sorts of clever and handsome sets that move about the stage with a rapidity that is as enjoyable to the spectators as the show itself. Possessing all the qualities of a best-seller musical comedy...
...matter of wages, hours and prices, it showed no conspicuous haste in asking John L. Lewis for collective bargaining appointments. Myron C. Taylor has been more circumspect in public statements about Organized Labor than some of his hard-boiled fellow steelmasters. They would probably not receive the shrewd compliment paid last week by Mr. Lewis to Mr. Taylor's "industrial statesman-ship." Rumors flew that Mr. Taylor's feat of industrial statesmanship might be crowned with White House recognition in the field of international statesmanship. Promptly denied, the amazing story was that Myron Charles Taylor...