Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...always chilly with objectivity, there is quite a good chance that Daladier will prove to have guessed right this time. As it grows clearer that the budget will have to be balanced, and as it becomes equally clear that no group in France will consent to increased direct taxation, flight from the gold standard and subsequent inflation may appear the only resort,--a thought which is causing insomnia to spread like the plague through the ranks of the rentiers...
...sciences and their increasing importance brought about the downfall of this ordered scheme, introduced chaos and opposition were spread among the fields of learning. Today we would re-unite them, feeling--that knowledge should not be divided into water-tight compartments. The historical approach provides a convenient common denominator. Direct, easily grasped and universally applicable, it already dominates the teaching of the arts, and with the current fad for the History of Philosophy and of Science, it is creeping into other fields...
...property and funds of all rival German parties. Last week, trying out his technique on France, Chancellor Hitler let it be known that the "real purpose" of his speech was to offer Premier Daladier of France an opportunity to settle all outstanding ques-tions between the two nations by direct negotiation outside the framework of either the Disarmament Conference or the League! To former U. S. Minister to China Charles R. Crane who happened to be leaving Berlin for Paris, the Chancellor cried: "It is my sincere desire to have a friendly understanding with France. Germany wants Peace!" Said...
...Joseph Paul-Boncour struggled at Geneva to keep the Disarmament Conference alive, stanchly aided by U. S. Ambassador Davis. On direct instructions from Premier Mussolini, who was more than ever impatient of dawdling Geneva diplomacy last week, Italy's delegates tried to kill the Conference by urging adjournment sine die. Sir John Simon, after telephoning Prime Minister MacDonald, seemed at first to agree with the Italians but after sharp debate Mr. Davis and M. Paul Boncour won their points. Conference President Arthur Henderson was authorized to send Germany a stiff note scoring her reasons for withdrawal as "invalid...
...research, loathed the small-town society to which he felt condemned. Lixlee was an ignorant, half-savage backwoods girl whom well-meaning Anna had "rescued"' and started off as a maid-of-all-work. Lixlee was a natural born maneater. Having a slight cast in one eye. her direct gaze (which she rarely unleashed) had a disturbingly hypnotic effect, especially on men. She knocked Anson over with the first glance. Married to Lixlee and enjoying a completely pagan nightlife, he perked up considerably. One night, because he had to tear himself from her arms to go to a dying...