Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kennedy's job included: 1) canceling the old mail subsidies and settling up between the Government and some 40 shipping lines; 2) figuring out a new type of direct subsidy on a businesslike basis and getting the shipping lines to make new contracts. The first required tireless negotiation of claims and counterclaims. The second required Mr. Kennedy to figure out what shipping routes were necessary and reasonably economic to operate so as to be worth subsidizing, and to arrange for the building of enough up-to-date ships by the operators so that they will have a chance...
...shell had made a direct hit at the entrance of the cafe. There were pieces of flesh on the walls. The visitor and I looked down at the bodies of three girls and a man from whom I had bought a morning paper a few minutes before. The visitor did not return to the cafe. Leaving his beer unfinished, he ran to his hotel, checked out and left the city the next morning...
...than big ones. Denominations with a membership of more than 50,000 gained an average 1.1%, while lesser sects "reached the astonishing figure of 29.49%." Last year 49.43% of the population was "affiliated with some church," as compared to 46.6% in 1926. Over its figures the Herald exulted: "A direct contradiction to pessimists who claim the churches have lost ground...
First thing anyone learns about plump, suave Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice President and Finance Minister of China, is that he is the 75th direct descendant of Confucius...
Last week Dr. Peet prescribed the method of administering this: "The 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 If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn.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 ice. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried...