Word: correctable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...standpoint of President Hoover is entirely correct and it is surprising to realize that the Senate cannot see the unpleasant effect of the present uncertainty that many companies find themselves thrown into because of the delay in passing the Tariff Bill. Whatever is done on tariff is bound to hurt certain interests. It would be better indeed to decide once for all on a certain tariff, notwithstanding how inaccurate it might be, and to stick to it for at least a specified period of time...
...Senators felt that President Hoover was afraid to reveal the true inwardness of Prohibition. Senators Norris, Borah and Brookhart each claimed to possess a mass of evidence which, they said, would "blow the lid off" Dry enforcement. Their honest purpose was to lay bare its evils and attempt to correct them...
...past years if one was an authority on philately, owned an outstanding stamp collection, he had only the value of his albums and the knowledge of his own virtue to console him. To correct this condition a group of Chicago stamp lovers met recently, subscribed the sum of $3,000, the income of which was to award two medals annually: one to the owner of the most important stamp collection of the year, the other to the author of the year's most important contribution to philatelic knowledge, both medals to be memorials to the late Charles E. Severn...
...Your telegram of February 26 has been received and will be laid before the President. As our delegation has been unceasing in its support of every proposal and every possibility of reduction in armaments, I am anxious to know who has given you information otherwise. I should like to correct this misimpression at its source, and will be indebted to you. If you can give me information in confidence as to who it is who inspired your action...
...other words, the average teacher in the average school in the average town is, on the whole, and as a rule, average. Correct, professor! You can go to the head of the class. You have demonstrated beyond conceivable doubt not only the accuracy but the sublime averageness of your statistics. --New York Tribune...