Word: depressionitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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He attributed the grim manpower outlook to what he called the "Unhappy legacy" of a lowered birthrate during the depression years. "The cold truth of the matter," Hannah said, "is that we have been putting young men into uniform much faster than the males in our population turn 181/2 years...
After graduation, he became freshman coach. "I never dreamed of coaching, but there was a depression and there weren't any jobs." For five years he held that position and then took over for Cowles in 1937.
When the small, depression Class of 1935 attended Commencement exercises at Columbia University, one graduating senior was absent; the missing man was James A. Wechsler who was absent; the busy elsewhere picketing for the Young Communist League. His absence was not surprising, however, for socialism had crept into Wechsler while...
But if ordinary people were friendly and kind, the government and its representatives were as consistently chilly and hostile. Wherever he went, Stevens was followed, either blatantly by blue-capped MVD men in small, black Pobeda automobiles or by the ubiquitous "slim, competent, peaches-and-cream young lady from Intourist...
Stevens fished and hunted in the country near Moscow, drank gallons of vodka with casual acquaintances in bars, restaurants and railway compartments, observed the healthy good looks of Russian women, admired the drama at the Moscow Art Theater and the ballet at the Bolshoi, gave freely to beggars, noted the...