Word: dling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sembrich came on as the Empress' mother. Grand Duchess Marie was magnificently regal as the Tsarina of Russia. Conductor Walter Damrosch, who likes to dress up, was impressively pontifical as the Abbe Franz Liszt. Jascha Heifetz was Johann Strauss, conducting the orchestra with his violin bow and fid- dling as the spirit moved him. Piano-Maker Theodore Steinway tried to impersonate bigheaded Richard Wagner. Violinist Albert Spalding caused a momentary stir when he came before the court and said: "I, Paganini, am not dead." He played none too well, and when Soprano Frieda Hempel did her old Jenny Lind...
SMITH ROOSEVELT The consequences of The consequences of the Hawley-Smoot bill the Hawley-Smoot bill have been tremendous, have been tremendous, with directly and both directly and indirectly. indirectly. Directly- Directly, American American foreign trade Foreign trade has has been steadily dwin- been steadily dwindling. dling. . . . Indirectly Indirectly, the high -the high schedules schedules of the Hawley- of the Hawley-Smoot bill Smoot bill caused caused European European nations to nations to raise their raise their own tariff own tariff walls walls, and these walls not only against us but were raised not only against each other. against...
Third Assistant Postmaster General Frederic A. Tilton, able statistician and business surveyor, explained that last year's postal deficit was $85,000,000, of which $35,000,000 was for the free han- dling of governmental mail (including matter franked by Congress), ocean and air subsidies. A ½¢ increase in the first-class rate, said he, would wipe out the "real deficit" of $50,000,000 and show a $10,000,000 profit. Declared Postman Tilton: "We have canvassed the whole situation and the revenue is not in the other classes.* In other classes there is competition. The railroads...