Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have only two direct comments to make. First, where do you get that drinking stuff? I drink no more than the average politician and a damn sight less than many newshawks, as you call them. You are at liberty to search my official Naval record, and perform such other spy work as the investigation will require in regard to this matter. There is nothing whatever in the record, on and off, to justify the politely sordid comments you make concerning liquor, and myself. For your information, I am suffering from acute neuritis in my legs which followed a severe case...
...always been my belief that the Government should raise the major portion of its revenue from direct taxes levied on the net incomes of individuals and corporations. Once this is done, every one pays for his fair share and knows just how much the Government is costing him. ... On the other hand, if the major portion of the Government's income is obtained from indirect and hidden taxes- taxes upon such things as food, clothing, gasoline and cigarets-then the main burden falls upon those of small income...
...that Mr. Ickes cannot remember that President Roosevelt was nominated for the Presidency at Chicago in 1932 with the direct help of the Hearst delegates from Hearst's own State of California. . . . The sum of the matter would seem to be that Mr. Hearst is one of our best pickers of Presidential winners and one of the least assertive controllers of Presidents...
...disappearance of Alfred M. Landon of Topeka, Kans., who has been missing from his regular haunts for some time. The Missing Persons Bureau has sent out an alarm bulletin bearing Mr. Landon's photograph and other particulars, and anyone having information of his whereabouts is asked to communicate direct with the Republican National Committee...
...lost 20 Ib. during the two-week grilling, got by partially on the strength of his knowledge, partially on his craft. During the oral examinations he learned that the more delays he could introduce the fewer would be the questions. Consequently he stalled, hedged, purposely irritated the examiners to direct their questions to subjects on which he was well-informed. Thereafter his progress was rapid...