Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Young began with friendly words for veterans in distress: "They hold our promises to pay; they need money now. They, of all people, should not be left in want. We must approach the problem with a determination to do them not only justice but more...
...less than $300,000,000 and not more than $500,000,000. ... A diversion of funds in that amount would be wholly justified to meet this appealing need. ... In any event, I would make an effort to see that, so far as is humanly possible, all veterans in distress are relieved. ... If some such plan as I have proposed could be adopted at all, it should be done quickly...
...veterans not in distress complained against this loan plan which would leave them out, Mr. Young said: "I should pay no attention to it." Remarked Congressman Garner, the committee's leading Democrat: "You might if you came up for re-election next year." Retorted Mr. Young: "Well...
...blight on all the nations, You embitter their relations, You're the chief of all causations Of their woes and tribulations, Of the problems that perplex them, Of the ills that grieve and vex them, Of the burdens that oppress them, And the sufferings that distress them, The anxieties that fret them, And the dangers that beset them...
...When a drouth occurred in the Volga in Russia we appropriated money to take care of those there in distress. When drouth occurs in the Mississippi Valley we have proposed to make another appropriation...