Word: contents
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...works only to satisfy himself, and for the applause and appreciation neither of his fellows alive nor his fellows yet unborn. I would not care a bilberry for posterity. I should be my own justest judge, from whom there was no appeal; and having satisfied him ... I should be content-as an artist. As a man, I should be disgusted if I could not earn plenty of money and the praise of the discriminating." To earn a Man's share of cash, Author Bennett took up book reviewing, became editor of a magazine for women. With such intensity...
...most attractive feature of the proposed Harvard Inquiry is, of course, its promised policy of concentration. Other student groups are content to solve, with a flourish of a heedless and platitudinous pen, all the major problems in every field; and their results are capably mirrored in the adolescent omissions of the Republican Club platform drawn up last evening. The principle of thorough study of the year's most important problem is a long step in the right direction and should certainly be welcome in a society of men supposedly bent on securing a sound education and understanding of the world...
...Reduction of the advertising content of Canadian broadcasts to not more than 5% of each program...
Most fanciful of all were concessions listed as "X," "Y" and "Z." Lee, Higginson were content with Kreuger's story that these assets must remain anonymous for high diplomatic reasons. In 1931, when President Joseph R. Swan of Guaranty Co. asked for detailed information, Herr Kreuger reported about $70.000.000 invested in "X." "Y" and "Z" but still insisted on anonymity. Last week it was revealed that X stood for Italy, Y for Spain, Z for Diamond Match Co. But the "concessions" did not exist, the $70,000,000 "investment" was pure falsehood...
Urged to reveal more recent corruption, Congressman La Guardia enthusiastically described the Indian Motocycle pool. Enlisting the aid of Manipulator Harry Content and Pressagent Plummer, Hansell & Co. assumed sponsorship for the stock late in 1929. Plummer shot stories of a 65% increase in orders to papers in Springfield, Mass, (home of Indian Motocycle Co.), which were picked up by the Boston News Bureau, copied by its affiliate, the Wall Street Journal. Activity of the stock increased, the price was jumped from $4 to $7.50 in the second week of January 1930. Then the directors of Indian Motocycle purchased the rights...