Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...July 23, 1936. Since then the Caudillo has moved his headquarters and the military and diplomatic bureaus of his government about 180 miles southwest to golden Salamanca. Salamanca is only 100 miles from Madrid with excellent highway communications to Avila, advance base for the Madrid front, and has direct rail connections with Portugal, a useful back door for German advisers who wish to avoid passing through France. Into this city whose normal population is less than 25,000, over 50,000 people have been crowded. In its one modern hostelry, the flag bedecked Grand Hotel,* none but German and Italian...
...subject is seated and an attendant holds the head tilted backward about 45°. This is the usual position for a nasal examination. A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate. If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn. The bulb is squeezed the number of times required to introduce i cc. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried out on the opposite side of the nose...
...direct relation between the Council and the Freshman Class is through a member of the Council who has charge of Freshman activities. This member will be appointed within a few weeks, and Freshmen are urged to consult him at any time. The problem of the Freshmen in adjusting themselves to the intellectual and social atmosphere of Harvard is a very pressing one. In past years the Council has made repeated efforts to insure that the Freshman have adequate advice on their problems when they enter the college. Thus far no completely satisfactory method has been worked out. The Council would...
...history) a whole issue devoted to one subject-U. S. Shipping. Virtually a 104,000-word book, this September issue of FORTUNE was the first thorough investigation of "an entirely new principle which has been injected into U. S. business on a gigantic scale . . . the principle of direct subsidy." It was described by Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission, which will administer the subsidy, as "the first concise, comprehensive and colorful presentation of that many-sided venture heretofore known vaguely as the 'merchant marine...
...mousse de foie gras which cost Chef Fernand Gspann four days' labor and $20 to build of sliced truffles, tongue and egg white. Spectacle No. 2 was a beauty contest for local waitresses on "National Distillers Night," which turned rowdy when merrymaking stewards acclaimed their favorites by direct action. In the afternoon that day a special party of gourmets entered another world by visiting the Philadelphia Zoo at feeding time...