Word: dig
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the 72nd House assembled most of its members were fairly popping with political speeches they had had nine months or more to prepare. Because it takes about a week for the House to organize its committees and get down to work, there was no legislation ready to dig into. Therefore after electing a Speaker and liberalizing the rules, Democratic leaders turned the House loose to blow off political steam for three full days. Technically the members were debating the President's message on the State of the Union. Practically they were giving an exhibition which clearly indicated the political...
...block away from the Palace to hiss the retiring Junta, cheer their new executive, and in the absence of hostile Aprista Representatives, President Sanchez Cerro told his Congress what he hoped to accomplish in his five-year term-if he lasts that long. With a dig at imprisoned onetime President Leguia. he cried: "Our national faith has been committed to treaties which diminished our territory Our treasury has been exhausted and is suffering from the weight of a tremendous indebtedness contracted under the hardest terms. The safety of the State has been endangered by the development of dangerous political, economic...
...sort of thing that blasted audiences out of their seats several seasons back when Lee Tracy, he of the sunken cheeks, long legs and yellow hair, was romping through Broadway and The Front Page. Happily the services of Actor Tracy have been secured for Louder, Please, a lively dig-in-the-ribs for cinema pressagentry and public relations counseling in general...
...misgivings tinged with respect. From an output of only 90,000 tons in 1925 Africa rose to 160,000 tons in 1930. Katanga, controlled by the Belgian Government, backed by British capital, operating under strictest of colonial regimes, rapidly rose to lead the Africans. U. S. producers have to dig deep when they prospect new veins but Katanga's ore lies so close to the surface they do their prospecting by airplane. Labor costs are on a like scale. A Bantu boy working hard in Katanga's opencut mines gets about $5 a month. Production costs come...
...help fight unemployment Henry Ford put 650 men to work on his farm at $5 a day to dig 100,000 bu. of carrots with ordinary hoes. Said he in an interview: "Money is like an arm or a leg- use it or lose...