Word: creation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only true comparison to Hetty Green, is her possession of wealth. She should not be described as eccentric, unless this word is used to describe philanthropy and unselfishness -two attributes Mrs. Joslyn possesses and Hetty Green lacked. You have also sacrificed accuracy for sensation alism in describing the creation of the Joslyn fortune. It was chiefly gained through the success of the Western Newspaper Union, much better described as an institution to make country newspapers more interesting to their subscribers and profitable to their publishers than purveyors of boiler plate...
...Creation of a non-political licensing commission with broad powers...
...full pending recovery in their economic life. It is useless to blind ourselves to an obvious fact. Therefore it will be necessary in some cases to make still further temporary adjustments. . . . In order that we should be in a position to deal with the situation, I recommend the re-creation of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, with authority to examine such problems as may arise in connection with these debts...
...Department of Comparative Literature is the lack of any full course devoted to the Literature of the Renaissance, as a whole. There are a number of courses which discuss various aspects of the period, but which treat literature in a cursory manner. Several reasons for urging the creation of such a course are apparent...
...that of Charles Lamb, who, himself not precisely a tower of strength, had yet to bear the burden of his own peccadillos with the tragic fact of his adored sister. While unfolding the subdued drama of this luckless pair the authoress availed herself of the abundant material for the creation of a literary atmosphere, and for the most part achieved a satisfying degree of success, leaving only to be desired a more penetrating (although not lengthier) portrayal of S. T. Coleridge, or at least an intimation of the quality of this poet's conversation...