Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (Prudential Life Insurance Co.)-"It's difficult for Congress alone to cure things. . . . Modification of debtor-creditor contracts often are needed and justified but to destroy the obligations attaching to such contracts will weaken the entire basis of our system. A 70? dollar wouldn't be so bad if businessmen were sure that it would be maintained as a 70? dollar...
...fight to have Calvin Fentress ousted as trustee of bankrupt Insull Utility Investments, Inc. Because Trustee Fentress accepted the appointment at the invitation of bankers who hold $40,000,000 of collateral (for the return of which Insuil Utility Investments creditors are suing), Federal Judge Wilkerson said it was "difficult to see how he could be completely disinterested...
...Difficult music by Bach, Weber, Hindemith and Schumann seemed like a tall undertaking for the girl who came on stage...
...difficult to define precisely what a major sport is or should be. Mr. Bingham pointed out two years ago that the number of men engaged is not vital, since tennis is not a major sport, and that age is not a necessary factor, since lacrosse, although considerably older than hockey, is still a minor sport. Tradition and the size of the crowd attracted have something to do with the matter, and in any case, a great deal of interest must be shown before any athletic game can be raised to the rank of a major sport...
...difficult to get all the facts underlying the drastic action taken by the faculty in one case and the student council in the other. But it seems plain enough that the subsequent situations were both handled with complete lack of tack, and in a way calculated to promote friction. When five hundred students of City College attempted to present a petition to their president, they were refused admittance. No effort was or has been made to settle the matter in a sensible manner with some regard for the feeling of the undergraduates. To deny them the privillege of petition...