Word: discussed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...English, German, French and Dutch clubs formed a decade ago for the practical purpose of purchasing and pooling "hot" records from the U. S. In the U. S. the purpose of the clubs is to revive old masterpieces, organize "jam sessions" like Goodman's Chicago concert, discuss their hobby in terms which often sound like highflown nonsense...
...needy: 'Your problem is a local one. . . '? Shall we say to the children who have worked all day: 'Child labor is a local issue. . . '? Shall we say to the laborer: '. . . If your employer will not even meet with you to discuss your problems and his, that is none of our affair'? "Members of the Congress, let these challenges be met! If this is what these gentlemen want, let them say so to the Congress of the United States! Let them no longer hide their dissent in a cowardly cloak of generality! Yes, let them...
...Carlo. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Baldwin had hobnobbed with Worcestershire neighbors of their estate, "Astley Hall." Squire Baldwin, as he does every Christmas, put aside the fact that he is Conservative Party Leader to welcome home his Socialist prodigal son Oliver, the only reservation being that they never discuss politics...
...Panic" of 1903, the Panic of 1907, the closing of the Stock Exchange in 1914, the post-War collapse, are as fresh as his birthday last month when he was 73. And in the classic periods of his signed editorials, Mr. Noyes is as likely to discuss the state of the Union under Chester A. Arthur as under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the eyes of scholars Mr. Noyes occupies a special niche for his two standard histories, Forty Years of American Finance, and The War Period of American Finance, both notable for that rare combination in business literature: pleasing prose...
...royal of bargaining sold them to the Kouchakji brothers for a stiff price. None is for sale. On the eve of the First Battle of the Marne the Kouchakji treasures were moved from Paris to Manhattan for safety. In April 1915, old Professor Eisen called on Dealer Kouchakji to discuss a forthcoming book on antique glass. When the learned Doctor inspected the treasures from Antioch, he opined that the book covers, the cross and the smaller chalice were immensely valuable, possibly 4th Century work. When he saw the Great Chalice he felt like Parsifal. Boiled down, his arguments in behalf...